First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

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 is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

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 homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

How do we know that air exists when we can't see it, taste it, or touch it? Here's a classic experiment that will teach your kid some basics of aerodynamics!

Introduce your child to science with something they see everyday--their shadow!

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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.

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

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.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

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

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

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