Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

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

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

This project leads to an understanding that a whole may be built of smaller parts that fit and work together and provides an introduction to basic tools.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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

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

The objective of this science fair project is to investigate salt water density.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

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

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

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.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

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

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

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.

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.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!