Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

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.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

How do animals keep warm? In this experiment, find out whether fat insulation resists cold temperatures and learn how this works in the animal kingdom.

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.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.