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==Highmark SportsWorks==
'''Highmark SportsWorks''' (formerly '''UPMC SportsWorks''') is one of the major, permanent exhibits of the Carnegie Science Center.  It is one of larger science and sports exhibitions in the world, with over 30 interactive experiences in which visitors can participate.<ref name="sportsworks-ref">{{Cite web |title=Highmark SportsWorks® |url=https://carnegiesciencecenter.org/exhibits/highmark-sportsworks/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Carnegie Science Center |language=en-US}}</ref> The main idea of SportsWorks is "to inspire learning and curiosity by uniting the experience of sports for every age level with the laws of science that controls sports."<ref name="sportsworks-ref" /> SportsWorks features three themed areas:  Physics of Sports (exploring the science of balance, trajectory, center of gravity, momentum, etc.), LifeWorks (featuring information for keeping a healthy lifestyle), and Sports Challenge (demonstrating various physical activities present in many sports).

The previous sponsor, [[University of Pittsburgh Medical Center|UPMC]], ended its sponsorship of SportsWorks in 2006. On November 13, 2008, the Carnegie Science Center unveiled plans for a new {{convert|12000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} SportsWorks, sponsored by [[Highmark]].  It reopened in the Fall of 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=39 |title=Carnegie Science Center |website=Carnegiesciencecenter.org |access-date=2016-07-16 |archive-date=2018-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801181736/http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=39 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From October 8, 2007, until May 2008, SportsWorks housed the controversial exhibit [[BODIES... The Exhibition]].  At least one employee of the Carnegie Science Center left her job due to the implementation of this exhibit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07175/796418-109.stm |title=Sunday Forum: Exhibition of exploitation &#124; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |website=Post-gazette.com |date=2007-06-22 |access-date=2016-07-16}}</ref>

A committee from [[Pittsburgh Regional Transit]], then known as Port Authority, recommended in 2007 that the site be purchased and that SportsWorks be demolished to allow for construction of tracks for the [[North Shore Connector]], an extension of Pittsburgh's light rail line to the North Side of Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web |last=Silver |first=Jonathan D. |url=http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07264/819450-100.stm |title=Port Authority plans to buy, demolish SportsWorks &#124; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |website=Postgazette.com |date=2007-09-21 |access-date=2016-07-16 |archive-date=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212225707/http://www.postgazette.com/pg/07264/819450-100.stm |url-status=dead }}</ref>