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!

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

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

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

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.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

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

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

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!

Help your child learn about animal classification with this fun and delicious activity.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

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.

Would it hurt to skip brushing your teeth just this once? Let's find out by seeing which foods produce the most mouth bacteria.

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

Kids conduct a simple birdseed experiment to figure out what kinds of birds live nearby in this fun science activity.

This science fair project idea is develops new or improved paper making techniques and encourages recycling.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

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

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.

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

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

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

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

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

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.

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

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.