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

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

Start your toy engines -- this is going to be a fast and friction-filled race!

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

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

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

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.

This science activity will help your student explore the changes that occur to transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.

What is a wedge? Kids find out by experimenting with different wedges in this simple science fair project idea.

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

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

What is surface tension? Kids will discover how water-skating insects use surface tension to keep from sinking by making a model water walker.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

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

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

Do you think you can blow down a sand castle with a mighty wind? Find out which material stands up best to erosion in this erosion experiment.

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