Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

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

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

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.

Science fair project that examines the different types of precipitation, evaluates the density of snow and calculates the ratio of snow-to-liquid.

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

Help your kid feel like a superhero with this safe and fun science experiment that creates an electrical charge that's like a mini lightning bolt!

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

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

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!

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

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

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

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

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!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

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

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Step into the fantastic world of colors with a project that explores what shade you -- and your friends -- like best.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!