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.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

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!

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.

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

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

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

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

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?

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

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

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

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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

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!

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

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.

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

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.