Our tour videos (1-6 minutes) take students to locations as diverse as art galleries, museums, science labs, sewer pipes, incinerators, and more.

# of Current Videos:  52
51 are less than 6 minutes; 1 is just over 12 minutes

Humanities and Social Studies Samples

What Happens After the Trash Truck Pulls Away
See what happens to your trash after it’s picked up by your garbage collector.

A Tour and History of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Take a tour and learn the history of Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis with Al Cochren, Program Support Assistant at the cemetery.

Learn More About a Farmer’s Market
Take a tour of a farmer’s market to learn more about what happens there.

STEAM and STEM Samples

Touring a Medical Research Laboratory
Follow Dr. Kathryn Tristan, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, as she takes you on a tour of a medical research lab in the Division of Rheumatology.  Learn about the tools, equipment, and procedures that she and her colleagues use every day in their medical research.

Incineration Method
See the process for incinerating wastewater sludge.

Maintaining a Sewer System
Tour an underground sewer junction and learn what it takes to maintain a city’s sewer system.

The Doppler Radar Tower
Take a tour of a Doppler Radar tower and learn how it works.

Arts and Arts Integration Samples

Dutch Paintings from the Era of Rembrandt at the Saint Louis Art Museum
“Dutch Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston” presents a visual history of a newly independent Netherlands during the 17th century.  The exhibition features seventy paintings by such artists as Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, Gerrit Dou, Jan Steen, and Jacob van Ruisdael.

Back Home in Your New Home at the Kranzberg Art Center
“Back Home in Your New Home” features two Palestinian American women’s ideas about home.  Both Saj Issa and Kiki Salem are greatly influenced by their multi-cultural backgrounds.  “The idea behind the show is to sort of encompass how it feels to live in diaspora so we wanted to bring different imagery, different themes of what we find in our homes here in the west while also knowing that all of them were inspired by what our families left behind back in Palestine,” said Kiki Salem. 

Behind the Scenes of “Wicked” at the Fabulous Fox Theatre
Go behind the scenes to see what it takes to move the musical “Wicked” into the Fabulous Fox Theatre.  Learn from the Company Manager and Production Stage Manager as they share the logistics involved in moving the sets, costumes, cast, and more from city to city on a national tour.