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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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.

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.

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!

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.

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Kids will learn how to clean fish tank the natural way. Add catfish to the tank and see if your water gets cleaner.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.