Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.