Explore our living rivers -- RiverQuest's Saturday Sails begin again on Saturday, May 4, and continue most Saturdays through November. 

This season's theme is Rivers of Life.  Step on board for a family-friendly one-hour sail and discover how people use the rivers to live, work and play.  Search for tiny forms of life in a river water sample, and learn about the river valley ecosystem and its complex food web. Fashion a fun river animal bobber before you leave!  Kids 16 and under: do it all and earn a RiverWorks Discovery® Fun Patch, sponsored by the Port of Pittsburgh Commission! 

Tickets are available in the main lobby of the Carnegie Science Center.  Adults: $9.95; children 12 and under $5.95.  Click here for the Saturday Sails schedule.

Plan to join RQ on Saturday, July 13 for RiverFest! Hosted by the Fox Chapel Yacht Club & Marina, the event will feature the RiverQuest Student and Teacher Awards, music and entertainment, family activities along the esplanade, science activities onboard EXPLORER, and fun, family friendly snacks by Baja Bar & Grill.

Tickets for RiverFest are $25 for adults age 18 and up, and $10 for kids.  Children under age 6 are free!  Or choose a $150 VIP ticket and click your heels at a special reception on board a private yacht!  Proceeds from RiverFest benefit RiverQuest education programs. Purchase tickets securely online at Eventbrite.com.

NAUTICAL GIRL SCOUT PATCH PROGRAM

Girls in grades 4-8 can earn a RiverWorks Discovery fun patch by participating in a Rivers of Life or Nautical Road program on Saturday, June 15.  Patch programs sponsored by the Port of Pittsburgh Commission.  Register online through the Girl Scouts website.

SUMMER CAMPS

Get on board with RiverQuest summer camps this summer. This year's camps include two of our most popular camp offerings, Angler's Adventure and River Camp with CSC:

• Angler's Adventure - June 17-21, 2013 - ages 7 - 12
• River Camp with Carnegie Science Center - July 8-12, 2013 - ages 8 - 12

For complete information on how to register for camps, click here or call 412-231-2712.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS

RiverQuest registration for 2013-14 is open! Claim your date on EXPLORER for one of our signature programs, Environmental Science on the Three Rivers, and Marcellus Shale & River Ecosystems. Little known fact: October and November are great months to sail.

The Breathe Project and West Penn Allegheny Health System will copresent “The Air We Breathe: A Regional Summit on Asthma and Other Impacts of Air Pollution,” scheduled for May 7, 2013 in Downtown Pittsburgh.  Keynote speaker Joel Schwartz, PhD, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at the Harvard University School of Public Health, is internationally recognized for his pioneering studies on the effects of leaded gas on children, as well as the health impacts of particulate air pollution.

The conference is geared to a broad audience, and the public is invited to attend for free.   For a digital brochure and to register, go to http://cmetracker.net/WPENN/Catalog#May.