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Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

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.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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!

Here's a simple craft activity that can help your youngster better visualize the life cycle of a frog as a circle.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

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

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

This baseball science fair project explores the concept of an object's center of percussion to determine if the "sweet spot" has a scientific basis.

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

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

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!

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

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 season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Help children understand the power of germs and the importance of hand washing with this visual activity that introduces the concept of scientific inquiry.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

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

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!