Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.