Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

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!

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

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

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

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.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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

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

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

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.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!