In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

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

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

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

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

Develop your child's mathematical and engineering skills with this fun building brick challenge. In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create a boat out of building bricks.

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

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to build a tall tower out of building bricks! The instructions include questions prompts to guide students through the design challenge.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

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!

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

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

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

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

Children have a naturally inquisitive mind. Foster their curiosity with a walk through an autumn field or park to answer age-old “why” questions. As you walk with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions.

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.

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.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

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

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

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.

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

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

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

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