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

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

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

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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.

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

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

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.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

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.

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Kids often ask, "how tall am I?" This science fair project seeks to determine how well kids can guess their own heights.

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.

The objective of this science project was to build a model of a volcano and observe reaction between different substances, including baking soda and vinegar.

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.

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

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

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

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.