Plants and light seem to be good buddies, but how far does the friendship really go?

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

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

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

The goal of this evaporation experiment is to learn about how different external conditions affect drying time.

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

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Learn about the microclimate of your backyard by tracking rainfall, temperature, and observed weather with hand drawn charts and graphs.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

Science fair project examining barometric pressure, and how it can be used to predict the weather. How does atmospheric pressures relate to weather conditions?

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

In this project students experiment with making music using only glasses of water.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will create a goal board and practice setting one goal for an assignment or task and the steps they will need to achieve it.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

mix and match your own creative outfits while also predicting clothing combinations -- style and statistics practice all in one!

Assemble your own stylish spider ring this Halloween using pipe cleaners and googly eyes!

In this social emotional learning activity, kids will reflect on the past goals they've accomplished, then brainstorm new ideas, inventions, or goals they would like to accomplish and make a prototype to help visualize their achievement.

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

Gather some friends for a bubbly soda taste test do determine calories' role in your favorite drinks.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

This Star of David craft is eco-friendly and will help your child practice basic geometry. Make a festive Star of David craft for Hanukkah.

Do you love to make Jell-O? Find out in this science fair project idea if it is possible to make Jell-O with just warm water.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Kids will learn some cool stuff about chemical reactions by determining what happens when you mix different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and yeast.

These decorative vampire bat baskets make for the perfect Halloween party favors, and they're fun for you and your child to make!

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.