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

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

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

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 kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

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

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

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

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

When critters protect themselves by taking on the patterns of nature, it's called "camouflage." Play this camouflage matching game with your child!

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

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

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

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

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

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

Your child grows a green thumb and flowers with this seed planting activity that also celebrates the 100th day of school!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

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!