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

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!

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

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

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

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

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

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

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

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

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.

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

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.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

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

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

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!

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).