First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

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

Use pepper and soap to discover some fun facts about the properties of water.

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

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!

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

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!

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

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

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!

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

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

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This science fair project idea investigates how magnetism can defy the force of gravity.

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

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

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

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

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.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!