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.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

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

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

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.

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

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

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!

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

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:

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

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

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

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

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

Is that seed alive or not? Here's an exciting way for kindergarteners to make a seed museum that your child can watch, using simple household materials.

Here's a math, science, and social studies activity: help your kindergartener become a "coin archaeologist" by examining how different coins look and feel.

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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

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