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!

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

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

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

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

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

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

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.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.