First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

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?

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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

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.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.