Youth Science Communication Workshop

Pittsburgh Summer 2025

What are Youth Science Communication Workshops?

Youth Science Communication Workshops provide middle school students an ingress into scientific inquiry and digital composing. Over the course of a single day, our participants investigate a topic, gather image and sound data, and then use basic HTML coding or podcasting to communicate and circulate their findings. At the end of the day, our participants return home with a science communication project link they can share with family and friends. In our session, participants will:

  • explore or investigate a science-related topic
  • gather image and sound data
  • create and circulate digital content
  • inform science and environmental policy

    • And best of all...It's Free! But please bring an allergy free lunch (no peanuts).

    Dates, Locations, and Descriptions


    August 18 My Nature Outing at the Frick Park Nature Center (Frick Park) 9AM-3PM (Rising 6th-8th graders)

    (Description - Explore Frick Park nature trails, gather image and sound data, design an HTML webtext to document and share your experience.)

    August 20 Exploring Sustainable Design (Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, University of Pittsburgh) 9AM-3PM (Rising 6th-8th graders)

    (Description - Learn about the University of Pittsburgh's efforts to create a sustainable campus, meet Pitt students and experts developing these projects, gather image and sound data, design an HTML webtext to document and share your findings.)

    August 22 Welcome to the Allegheny Observatory Podcast! (Riverview Park) 9AM-3PM (Rising 6th-8th graders)

    (Description - Tour the Allegheny Observatory, learn its history, interview scientists about what they do here, and create a podcast to share your findings with others.)

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    Generous funding has been provided by Pitt's Year of Data and Society, the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Design, the University of Pittsburgh School of Education.