First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

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

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

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.

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!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

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