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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.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Want a fun way to teach your kid to tell time? Making a plate clock is a great way for him to learn how to tell time in a way he'll actually find exciting.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

In this science fair project, kids measure how weather conditions affect how fast a puddle evaporates.

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

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.

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.