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!

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

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

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!

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.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

What do worms eat? Kids find out what kinds of rotting leaves and vegetables worms prefer in this cool compost science fair project.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Did you ever think you could make colors disappear right before your eyes? This science experiment is just like a magic trick: now you see it, now you don't!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

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'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.

Find out whether we can create motion in a dish and as a result, create a wonderful and colorful show.

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!