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.

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.

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 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.

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

First graders are learning to think like scientists. What better place to start, then by raising tadpoles? This hands-on activity explores science in action!

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

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

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

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

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

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

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.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

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

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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

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

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

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

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

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.

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!

This science fair project idea explores how length affects the weight a bridge can hold.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.