This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

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

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

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

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

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.