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.

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

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

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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!

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.

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

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

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.