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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

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

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

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

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

Observe with your third grader what happens when food starts to decompose, and boost science skills simultaneously with this experiment!

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

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

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

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.

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!

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.

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

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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

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!

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

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

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!