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

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

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

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

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

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

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

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Your child can explore the wonders of science, and the concept of dehydration, along with creating a healthy and tasty treat!

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

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

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!

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.