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.

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

This science fair project idea investigates whether air has mass and weight.

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

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

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

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

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!

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

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Can you dig it? This science experiment isn't for kids who like to keep their hands clean.

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

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

In this project, a basketball containing different psi is dropped to see how well it bounces.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

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

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.

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.