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First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot navigate around several obstacles.

This activity challenges students to use computational thinking as they create a sequence of commands that will make a robot move in a pattern related to the sound and rhythm of music.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

This interdisciplinary card game will have your third grader working on math facts as he travels through the solar system!

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

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

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

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.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

In this activity your child will create their very own marble maze!

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

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

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

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

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!