Why do plants wilt? Kids will learn to think critically about what environmental factors affect plants, and what plants need to survive.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

How many steps long is the hallway? Kids put their graph-making skills to work as they make a step map of their own house.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

This Christmas plate features your child's favorite holiday things through drawings. Make a Christmas plate with your child this holiday season.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.