Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!

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

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Help your child create a tasty treat that will demonstrate exactly how frogs survive a freezing season.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

In this science fair projects, students will grow out the bacteria that collect on air conditioner filters.

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

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.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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

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

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

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!

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

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

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

This activity is a great way to teach kids that, to find examples of science in action, they donât need to look any further than their own backyard.