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

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

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.

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!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

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

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

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.

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 kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

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

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

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.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

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:

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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.