Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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!

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

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.

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.

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

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

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

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

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!

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

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

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

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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

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

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

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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.

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

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.