First Grade Science Activities
Browse through our first grade science activities. We have many 1st grade science activities to keep your first grader learning on the fly, all year long. From gardening to creating window constellations, you'll find our collection of first grade science activities below.
Make a Coastal Crab
This fun activity makes use of some simple "ingredients" to make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature. Get started with just a few pasta shells and some paint!
Make Your Own Seed Packets
Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.
Make "Secret Messages" with Lemon Juice!
All you need for this activity is lemon juice and an iron - and a mystery-loving first grade scientist - to create "secret" messages to pass along.
Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art
Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.
Go, Seeds, Go!
How are seeds designed for survival? Create a seed book with your kids to see how seeds are designed to go, go, go before they grow, grow, grow!
Chalk it Up! An Outdoor Classification Activity
Classifying and sorting into groups is also a large part of the first grade math curriculum. The outdoors offers an abundance of learning tools for children, and classifying in the natural world gives your child an added lesson in scientific observation and classification.
Make a "Water Scale"
Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!
Grow a Miniature Container Garden
Foster your kid's interest in nature by starting a mini garden in a paper egg carton. He'll get to see the full growing cycle, from planting seeds to reaping the results.
Mud Painting: Outdoor Writing Fun!
If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, look no further than that mound of dirt in your yard and the hose sitting nearby. Bring on the mud!
Build an Indoor Igloo!
You don't need to head to the Arctic to explore life in an igloo. Your child can build her own at home. All you need is water, empty milk containers, and some super cold weather!
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