1st Grade Science Activities : Page 2

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

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

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.

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

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

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

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.

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

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

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

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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

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

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

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.

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

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

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

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.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.