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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

This science fair idea is a great way for kids to explore static electricity. Kids will give a comb a static charge and watch as it separates pepper from salt.

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

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

In this project combining nature, art, math, and science, children make rubbings of leaves then observe shapes and structures and sort the leaf images.

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

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

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

This science fair project teaches students about wilting and browning of salad greens.

Conduct a simple experiment with your child to study how dirt tracks change as they age in this 1st grade science activity.

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.

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

Let your young adventurer go bug hunting in the great outdoors with their very own bug net!

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

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

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

This science fair project idea determines which method of hand cleansing is the most effective.

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

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

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.

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

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.