This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

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.

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.

Kids conduct a simple birdseed experiment to figure out what kinds of birds live nearby in this fun science activity.

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?

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

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

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

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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

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

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 activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

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

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

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!

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!

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

In this plant habitats activity, children play the role of an ecologist and take surveys of different areas to discover the best habitat for dandelions.

This basketball project explores the best way to make the perfect shot every time.

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.