BodyStage
Take a journey through the human body with stops at the intestines, taste buds, and brain, in a fun science lab atmosphere. Live demonstrations explore nutrition, healthy lifestyle choices, physical fitness, anatomy, and medical technology. Touch a five-pound block of “fat,” see MRI images, and taste healthy edible science. All shows are geared to the Next Generation Science Standards, enjoyable for all ages, and delivered in 30 minutes or less!
Planning to visit us? Check out today’s show schedule.
Shows are available for group bookings Monday through Friday. Add a show for just $2 per person!
Talk with us about which shows are available on your selected date. Register early for best selection!
To schedule a visit for your group, call 412.237.3400.
Breaking Down Bread!
There is more chemistry, and life, in one slice of bread than you might think! Come and explore the science of yeast, fermentation, and gluten while making a flatbread!
Note: This show will include the making of a flatbread that contains flour.
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Taste the Rainbow
Join us in an adventure full of colorful fruits and vegetables as we explore how families can make healthy food options a part of their daily routine. Early learners will participate in cleaning, classification by color, and identifying edible parts of vegetables and fruits.
For Teachers:
Content Themes: Early Learners, Health & Nutrition, Botany, Environment
Grades: PreK & Kindergarten
Capacity: 30 Students
Food Code: Gluten and dairy free!
Science in a Scoop
Explore the chemistry of ice cream as our science chefs make tasty custard and cool it down with liquid nitrogen.
Sounds Like Science
Can you hear that? It sounds like science! Learn the anatomy and science of how we hear the world around us. That’s music to our ears!
For Teachers:
Content Themes: Biology, Health & Nutrition, Physical Science
Grade Level: 3–5
Capacity: 80 Students
No Place Like Home
From the clouds in the air to the soil beneath our feet, the chemistry of our planet is dynamic and delicate. Through unique experiments discover how you can be an environmental chemist and help protect the earth!
For Teachers:
Content Theme: Chemistry, Environmental Science
Grades: 4-8; 9-10
Capacity: 80
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What’s That Sound?
Early learners will explore the science of sound through rhythm and song. Make music with animals, steel drums, and other musical instruments!
For Teachers:
Content themes: Early Learners, Biology
Grades: PreK & Kindergarten
Capacity: 30 Students
Move it, Move it!
Jump out of your seat and touch your feet! Explore how physical activity can help your body do great things!
For Teachers:
Content Themes: Early Learners, Physical Science, Astronomy
Grades: PreK & Kindergarten
Capacity: 30 Students
It’s Alimentary, Watson
Solve the mystery of what happens to food as it journeys through the human body through the alimentary canal (gastrointestinal tract). Students will understand how food is converted into energy and used by all parts of the body’s systems.
For Teachers:
Content Themes: Health & Nutrition, Physical Education, Biology
Grades: 4–8
Capacity: 80 Students
Brain Power
Unravel the mystery of our ever-changing brain. Challenge your brain to different types of stimuli. Trigger the impulses of neurons and receptors as we explore the main processor of our body.
For Teachers:
Content Themes: Biology, Health & Nutrition
Grade Level: 4–8
Capacity: 80 Students
Tasteful Tidbits
Savor the flavor of science. Gear-up your taste buds as we experience how we taste the world around us. Understand taste perception and how different things can alter taste.
