Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

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!

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.

Explore if planting seeds in a certain direction will affect how fast it germinates.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

In this experiment we will be determining whether birds prefer certain colors of seed.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Check out this cool science fair project idea to explore which other common animals besides scorpions glow under a UV Black light.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Learn about the fruit fly life cycle in this experiment. Capture fruit flies to examine various stages of insect metamorphosis.

On the next chilly, winter day, invite your fifth grader to make a hand warmer by experimenting with the loaded combination of a few natural ingredients.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

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!

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

This science fair project idea examines whether plants are still able to grow normally if they are turned upside-down.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!