By Allison Russell

Salt isn’t just salt for Steel City Salt Company. It can be pink, black or any color in between, and it can come from all over the world. Steel City Salt Company imports salts from Sicily, Hawaii, Peru, Bolivia, France and...

By Carolyn Carlins, Facilitator, Science Education and Research

This week our Budding Botanists and Mighty Mentors learned how to create beautiful landscapes in the city during our Urban Gardeners summer camp. To begin our week we visited the urban gardens of Phipps (the CSL Landscape, the...

By Dr. Sarah States, Manager, Phipps Research Institute for Biophilia and Science Engagement

Coming to a sky near you: the Perseid meteor shower! Even if you’re not an astronomer, you’ve likely heard of the Perseids, one of the best known meteor showers of the year.

By Carolyn Carlins, Facilitator, Phipps Science Education and Research

Summer Camp Recap is our weekly seasonal segment featuring our summer camp programs. This is the place for camp parents to find pictures of their campers in action and see the fun things we did all week. It’s also a great...

By Allison Russell

Happy National Farmer's Market Week! "Farming with nature" is the theme at Friendship Farms, a family-run farm of 370 acres in the Laurel Highlands near Latrobe, Pa. In addition to their impressive conservation efforts and...

By Carolyn Carlins, Facilitator, Phipps Science Education and Research

Summer Camp Recap is our weekly seasonal segment featuring our summer camp programs. This is the place for camp parents to find pictures of their campers in action and see the fun things we did all week. It’s also a great...