Kindergarten and 1st Grade Science Activities : Page 7

Here's a science activity to help your child investigate how seeds are designed to travel.

Make a kindergarten "discovery table" that reinforces both science and writing skills. Here's how:

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

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

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.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

In this awesome science fair project idea, kids will be attempting to pick up different objects using snail slime.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

This kindergarten science activity will help her explore the changing states of matter which transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

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

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.

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.

Satisfy your kindergartener's fascination of different sounds with this easy science project, where they'll use their ears instead of their eyes to identify sounds!

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

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

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Try this activity with your child to explore what happens to rain (and the living things that need it) when it becomes polluted.

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.

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.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

Bring the magic and mystery of the night sky to the light of day with this fun constellation art project!