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This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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!

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.