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.

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.

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

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

This fall, bake some festive caramel apple cupcakes with your second grader and help her build her math skills while you're at it!

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.