1st Grade Science Activities

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

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

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

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.

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

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!

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

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Help your curious kid cut through the clutter and collect the facts with a simple and fun science foldable.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! He'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

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

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create her own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

This will encourage your child to utilize her observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

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

Feed your birds from kitchen leftovers and give your first grader some excellent scientific practice in identifying our feathered friends.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.