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What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

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

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's the best way to make DIY compost? Kids will learn about aerobic and anaerobic decomposition while learning to appreciate the value of composting.

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

Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.

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

This science fair project idea investigates the hardness property of minerals.

This experiment works due to a simple principle: plants need light. Build a shoebox maze and watch the plant work though the obstacle course, searching for sun.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

Make a backbone model to explore human anatomy and life science.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

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!

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Get down to the rubber with this science project that tests the effectiveness of different types of erasers.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!