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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

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

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.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

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

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

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.

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

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

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

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

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

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

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.