Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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

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

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

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

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

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

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

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

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

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?

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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!

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.

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

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