Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

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!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

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

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.

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.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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

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

Do this activity to help your kids see how seeds contain "baby" versions of big plant stems, roots, and leaves.

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

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

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 activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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.

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

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

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

In this science fair project, kids will be able to see where germs reside on their hands while gaining insight into the benefits of thorough hand washing.