Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

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.

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

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.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

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

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

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

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

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

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

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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 transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

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!

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

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

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.

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