In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

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

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

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

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.

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

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

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

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

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

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

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

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

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

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

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

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.

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.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.