Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

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.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

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.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

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.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

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

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.