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

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

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

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!

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

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.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

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

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!

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.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

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

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

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

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

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

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

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

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

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.

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.