Search 1st Grade Life Science Hands-on Activities

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.

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!

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!

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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!

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

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

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

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.

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!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.