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.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

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!

Can you fool your eyes and your brain with an optical illusion? The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate various kinds of optical illusions.

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.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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

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

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing 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.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

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

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.