Create an organic plastic product using vinegar and cream. Track decomposition over course of several weeks. Compare decomposition with traditional plastics.

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

Show your fifth grader how fun and fashionable recycling can be! Guide her in making her own wallet by fusing together old plastic bags with an iron.

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.

This science fair project idea explores whether a plastic slinky works as well as a metal slinky when walking it down the stairs.

Your preschooler can learn about texture by recycling old containers and lids.

This science project has students collect wood samples and invent new uses for different types of wood based on its properties.

Here's an investigative activity in which your child will discover real-world names and uses for sugar and find out how it is hidden in many different foods.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

The goal of this science fair experiment is to demonstrate the effects of air pressure on objects and analyze applications of air pressure principles.

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!

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

Celebrate Earth Day by making colorful animal sculptures using recycled materials from around the house in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Science fair project that measures the relative times it takes a plastic bag and a biodegradable plastic bag to decompose.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

Here's a simple arts and crafts activity to do with your preschooler: make a moon winder toy! All you need is a plastic lid, colored paper, twine, and glue.

There's something magical about bubbles. Here's a way to turn an old favorite into something new, by ditching that plastic wand for a homemade bubble pipe.

Create a tornado vortex in your kitchen in this 5th grade science experiment. All you need are two plastic bottles, duct tape, and a metal washer to begin.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

If you're trying to teach your child about waste and its impact on the environment, why not repurpose a plastic milk jug and make your own sandwich container?

In this experiment you will use plastic and magnets to test your local soil composition.

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

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Who needs a plastic potato head when you can use the real thing?

Create an bouquet of flowers that will last forever using plastic straws and tissue paper!

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.