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

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Help your kindergarten scientist explore an important part of earth science: how soil retains water.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

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

This science experiment examines the role of fat in food, especially in making bread rise and whipping cream.

Here's a first grade ladybug game that explores how air can move solid objects, and adds some measurement practice, too. Play, learn, and enjoy!

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

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.

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Use simple materials to build a "worm hotel" with your kindergarten soil scientist...and see what worms really do all day.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

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

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

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

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

Kids conduct a simple science experiment to see if seeds can grow without soil in this simple kindergarten science activity.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

In this experiment, students will create their own version of coquina, a sedimentary rock thatâs formed by seashells and sand, cemented by seawater minerals.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

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.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?