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

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

Help your child measure breezy weather in her environment by making a wind vane for kids, a simple version of the classic scientific measurement tool.

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

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

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

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

This experiment challenges students to forecast the weather based on the surrounding areas' weather.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

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

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.

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

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

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 makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

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.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

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.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

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

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?