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

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

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

In this science fair project, young children will become aware of and have the opportunity to experience the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.

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

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.

Introduce your child to the wonders of colorful chemistry with this simple food coloring project.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

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.

Alive or not? This yeast experiment you can conduct with your little scientist explores the answer to this timeless question.

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.

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

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

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!

The objective of this science project is to determine the length of time for different seeds to germinate.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

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

This science experiment tests why guacamole goes brown and if leaving the pit in will stop guacamole from turning brown.

This science fair project idea investigates how the shape of an object affects drag.

In this science fair project, we'll explore how blocking the sun's light can stop those can stop photosensitive paper from changing color.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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.