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

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.

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

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

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

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

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

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.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

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

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

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.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

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

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

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.

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

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

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.