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.

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

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.

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

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 kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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

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?

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

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

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.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

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

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

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.

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.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Your preschooler is familiar with the colors in their crayon box, but can they find these colors in the world? Take them on a scavenger hunt to find out!

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.