1st Grade Science Activities

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

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

This science fair project teaches about mold. Students will test different foods to see which grow mold the fastest.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

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

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

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

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

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

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

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.

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

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

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!

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.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

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