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.

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.

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.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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

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.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

It's food. It's Thanksgiving tradition. And guess what: Cranberry Sauce is also science! Try our simple recipe/experiment.

What cause the phases of the moon? Make a model to see how the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth cause the crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, and new moon.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Teach your little scientist about the amazing powers of gravity by comparing the falling speeds of two yummy fruits

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

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

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.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

Would your dog prefer homemade or store-bought food? Raw or cooked? Test your dog's preferred diet in this fun experiment.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.