Field Trips With a side of STEM

OTB LABS FIELD TRIPS are OUTDOOR field trips with applied science

Schools provide the transportation, we provide the rest. All field trips include workshop lessons, materials, lead instructors, and applicable permits and reservations.

Winter Favorite:

SCIENCE ON ICE!

Each winter (typically between December and February) we partner with Allegheny County Parks to offer schools and other organizations the opportunity to book our SCIENCE ON ICE trip. *Typically up to total group of 75 students

Students arrive at North Park skating rink where they rotate through several interactive workshops involving obstacles skate, radar puck shooting, and hovercraft racing.

PICK FROM OUR 5 TRIED AND TRUE TRIPS

1.) Science on Ice

• Ice Skating, Puck Shooting, Hovercraft Racing

  Available December-February

2.) Winter Wonderland Tubing Adventure

• Snow Tubing, Crystal Making, Hovercraft Racing

  Available December-February

3.) Creek bed/waterfall Hiking and Fossil Hunt

• Plan to get wet in this creek hike to a waterfall and then search for fossils in local shale rock

  Available LATE spring as a great end of year trip

4.) Outdoor Survival Science

• Outdoor rotational workshops such as shelter building, fishing, fire starting, water purification, & more.

  Available fall & spring

5.) Leaf/Tree ID & Waterfall Hike at Hell’s Hollow

• Students ID & create leaf books and hike trail with waterfalls

  Available early Fall & Late Spring, Ideal mid-late fall for best fall foliage