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.

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.

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.

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

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