Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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.

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

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Are your taste buds up for the challenge? Put tongues to the test with this science fair project that examines who enjoys sour flavors more, adults or kids?

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

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

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.

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!

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

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

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

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!

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!

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

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

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.