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

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

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!

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

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.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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.

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!

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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

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.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

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.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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

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

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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

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.

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.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.