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!

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

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.

Discover whether cold or hot water from the faucet will boil faster on the stove.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

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.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!

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.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

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.

Do plants get crowded? Have your curious kid investigate how plants respond if they're forced to grow together in a confined space.

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