This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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.

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.

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!