Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

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

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at 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.

Stir up some enthusiasm for experimentation with this candy-cracking science experiment!

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

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

If your science savy third grader is up for a challenge, let her bend light with a casserole dish!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

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

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.