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

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

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

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.

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

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.

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

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

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.

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

Help your second grader observe the phases of the moon, and then let the fun loose: he'll get to chart his observations with marshmallows!

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

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

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.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

This project determines what category of person is most likely to be ticklish.

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

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

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

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.