Science City
General Admission

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Admission

  • Union Station Members Free Admission Year-Round to Science City
  • General Admission $17.25*
  • *Excludes Preservation Fee. Prices subject to change

Hours of Operation

  • Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
  • Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm

Join Us All Month Long For Activities and Demos with Science City Educators

Monthly Theme: Game On!

Daily Science Demos and Activities

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Indoor Fun for the Whole Family!

Dice Probability – Learn how rolling two dice and taking the higher number changes of the probability of results compared to rolling just one die.

Dice Adventures – Use dice, and a little math, to see how likely an adventurer is to survive several different perilous situations.

Location
Periodic Table
Type
Educational
Recommended Age Range
All Ages

Art Dice

Put your creativity to the test as you use art dice this month in Creative Corner. Roll the dice to determine the colors, shapes, textures, and mediums that you’ll have to use to make your very own creation!

Location
Creative Corner
Type
Educational, Art
Recommended Age Range
All Ages

Rubber Ray Guns

Make your very own rubber band gun and small target. Then learn about potential energy and test your accuracy as you try to set a high score.

Location
Maker Studio
Type
Educational, Craft, Maker, Indoor Fun
Recommended Age Range
All Ages

Animal Chats

Join us at 11:30 and 3:30 to learn more about our animals!

Learn about genetic inheritance as you play an animal-themed game in Nature Works.

Sunday animal chats are at 12:30 and 2.

Location
Nature Works
Type
Educational, Indoor Fun
Recommended Age Range
All Ages

Life-Size Candy Land

All month, bring your young gamer to practice color sense and taking turns on their way to King Kandy’s castle amid cutouts of favorite characters like Mr. Mint, Queen Frostine and Lord Licorice- all while staying active.

Early Learning highlights for this month:

Talk: “What’s this color? Where do we go next?”

Sing: “If All the Raindrops”

Read: Board Game Day by Ambie Valdes

Write: Fine motor activities

Play: Jumping, walking, drawing cards

Location
PNC Learning Lab
Type
Educational, Indoor Fun
Recommended Age Range
Early Learners (0 - 7)

Quest for the Sparkle Stone – Live-Action Role-Playing Game (LARP)

The Sparkle Stone has been stolen and its up to YOU, dearest explorer, to recover it safely! The evil Wizard Wizzlewick has taken it to Moonbeam Mountain and you must journey through many magical obstacles to reach it. Are you an Alchemist who is resourceful yet overconfident or perhaps a Sorcerer with strong loyalty that can become easily distracted? Join us in Act Natural! for the month of November where you can choose from these traits and more to create your very own Live-Action Role-Playing character and take the quest to Moonbeam Mountain. Adventure awaits!

Location
Tapped Out Classroom Saturdays 11 - 12
Type
Educational, Indoor Fun
Recommended Age Range
All Ages