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

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

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

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.

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

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

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!

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!

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.

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

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

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

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

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.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

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.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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.

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

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

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

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