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.

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!

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

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

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.

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.

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

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

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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.

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

Boys might wrinkle their noses at the thought of gardening, but we guarantee they'll like this activity! Make a recycled terrarium full of bug-eating plants.

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

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

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

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.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

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

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

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

Experiment about connection of senses of taste and smell. Using blindfold and noseplugs, administer blind taste test. Analyze results and organize data.

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

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!