1st Grade Science Activities : Page 5

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

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

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

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

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

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

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

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

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

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

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.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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