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.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

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

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

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

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

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.