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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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 pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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!

In this project, a basketball containing different psi is dropped to see how well it bounces.