Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

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

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.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

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

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

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