Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Plants need water to grow. In this project we learn how plants transport water from their roots to their leaves

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.