Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

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!

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

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

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.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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

Help your first grade scientist learn about metamorphosis by observing the life cycle of some interesting creepy crawlies.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.