In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

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

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

This easy Halloween-themed science experiment for first-graders is perfect for chilly October afternoons or great as a Halloween party activity.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

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

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.

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.

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 activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

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.

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.

Explore solids and liquids with your young scientist by making gluep, a goopy substance that can behave like both a solid and a liquid!

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

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.

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

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!