Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Help your child understand the scientific concept of evaporation with this fun outdoor science activity.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

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!

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

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

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

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!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

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

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

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

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

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.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.