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

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

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

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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

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

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

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

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

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

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

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

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

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 project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.