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.

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

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.

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

Kids will learn how to make a thermometer to to explore liquid density in this great science fair project. Which liquids are affected by temperature the most?

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

Give your second grader a chance to get his feet wet with measurement before he moves onto the more complicated stuff by trying this activity with him at home.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

Teach your young academic about counting and clocks with a tasty treat!

Why does honey crystallize? This science fair project project answers this question and identifies the variable that makes this sweet solute crystallize faster.

Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

Hiding protein-rich quinoa and a variety of fresh vegetables, these meatballs are the perfect answer to kid food woes.

This measurement activity uses feet to compare objects, but not the ones found on rulers and measuring sticks...the feet on your child's own body!

Think you need a special dehydrator to make your own fruit leather? You can actually make a delicious version of this popular kid's snack in your own oven.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

How much does 100 weigh? Play this fun guessing game with your child to commemorate the 100th day of school.

Make this delicious warm apple bread for Hanukkah.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Here is an activity that your kids can make for Mother's Day, a garden pot filled with edible "flowers".

Most people assume that cold water freezes more quickly, but could that be false? Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Let's find out!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?