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Try this experiment to give your curious kid a more "solid" understanding of how temperature affects the states of matter.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

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

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Kids will make a beautiful rainbow in a jar and learn what enables different types of liquids to remain distinct in separate layers.

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

How does water pressure change with depth? Kids learn how pressure works underwater with this cool and easy demo.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

What's the science behind those out-of-sight roots? Find out if you can trick roots into growing in different directions.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.