Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

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

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

After completing this fun science project, your child will have a better understanding of plants, and they may even develop a green thumb in the process!

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

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

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

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

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

This science fair project introduces children to static electricity and the idea that electricity is more than lights and plugs.

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

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.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

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

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

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

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.