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

This science fair project idea teaches that time always passes at the same rate and nothing we do in our daily life âreallyâ affects how fast it moves.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

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!

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Want to boost math and science learning? Take a bug expedition and give your first grader practice observing and charting what they see.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

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.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

This project is a vivid, concrete introduction to the basic but important idea that plants need sunlight and water to grow.

This science project challenges students to study deer behavior in their natural habitat- the feeding patterns, social behaviors, male to female ratio, etc.

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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!

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

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

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.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

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

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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

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.

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