First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

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.

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

This project makes young children uniquely aware of their sense of touch and its ability to alone give them information about the world around them.

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

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

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

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.

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

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.

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

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

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

This simple project makes young children aware of their sense of smell and its capacity for providing them with information about their world.