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Today’s Hours

Orlando Science Center

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Open Make – Make a Minute Movie

Step into the immersive world of filmmaking, where you can create your own one-minute movie masterpieces! Utilize green screen technology to transport yourselves to any setting imaginable, from the depths of space to the bustling streets of a metropolis. Get hands-on with creativity as you design and craft your own props using your movie budget, bringing your cinematic visions to life!

Superhero StoryTime

Join us in KidsTown Studio for March’s Superhero StoryTime! Get ready to unleash your inner superpowers as we play, sing, and read while uncovering the true meaning of being a hero. Together, we’ll practice our best hero poses and create spectacular secret-identity masks to help us in our super adventures!

Tiny Green Home Tours

Outside 4Roots Cafe - Level 1

Explore our humble home filled with technology and tips to live sustainably and reduce your carbon footprint! Recommended age 6+

Twinkle Tales

Our Planet, Our Solar System - Level 4

Learn about stars and constellations in this monthly-rotating early-childhood program at the Science on a Sphere! Recommended 3+

Great Bear Rainforest

Dr. Phillips CineDome - Level 1

Hidden from the outside world, the Great Bear Rainforest is one of the wildest places left on earth. Found on Canada's remote Pacific coast, it is the last intact temperate rainforest in the world - a place protected by the region's indigenous people for millennia. Now, for the first time ever, experience this magical world in giant screen theatres, and discover the land of the spirit bear.

Mind-boggling Science

Discovery Stage - Level 4

Is it magic or science? Either way, your mind is sure to be boggled in this ever-changing live science show! Recommended age 4+

Paradise Polluted – Pacific Plastic

Digital Adventure Theater - Level 2

Plastic is everywhere... even in the paradise of the Hawaiian Islands. It is adversely impacting birds and wildlife in one of the most remote places on earth, Midway Island, isolated in the Pacific. Join Nico and the "Wild Kids" in their efforts to understand the impacts and to try and educate everyone to "Turn off the tap!"

Superhero StoryTime

Join us in KidsTown Studio for March’s Superhero StoryTime! Get ready to unleash your inner superpowers as we play, sing, and read while uncovering the true meaning of being a hero. Together, we’ll practice our best hero poses and create spectacular secret-identity masks to help us in our super adventures!

Life With Animals

Discovery Stage - Level 4

Learn fun facts about all sorts of animals and how you can help protect the habitats they call home. With a different show every day, you never know which of our Animal Ambassadors might stop by! Recommended ages 3+

Open Flight

Flight Lab - Level 4

Pilot a virtual F-35b through an aerial obstacle course above Hong Kong in this virtual reality flight tutorial! Ages 10+ required to participate in VR.

Dinosaurs of Antarctica

Dr. Phillips CineDome - Level 1

Journey to the south polar landscapes of Antarctica hundreds of millions of years ago. Join Antarctic scientists on a quest to understand the ice continent's profound transformation, and predict the future as humans drive dramatic change.

Cool Science

Discovery Stage - Level 4

Learn about the science of extreme cold with liquid nitrogen demonstrations at the Discovery Stage! Recommended age 6+

High Voltage

Digital Adventure Theater - Level 2

Learn all about the types of electricity through this live show, culminating in a musical tesla coil performance! For your safety, theater entrance doors will lock when the show starts. Re-entry is not permitted for those who exit early. Recommended ages 4+

Moons & More Tour

Our Planet, Our Solar System - Level 4

The best places to seek real examples of sci-fi concepts are some of our unique moons, asteroids, and dwarf planets. Learn about where we might find alien life, cryovolcanoes, methane rain, and more in our very own solar system!

Superpower Dogs

Dr. Phillips CineDome - Level 1

Join an immersive adventure to experience the life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world's most amazing dogs. In this inspiring true story, our best friends are also real-life superheroes. Journey around the globe to meet remarkable dogs who save lives and discover the powerful bond they share with their human partners

Meet A Snake

Discovery Stage - Level 4

Discover the amazing adaptations of snakes! Meet one of our animal ambassadors to learn about what makes a snake different from other animals and how invasive snakes are affecting our Florida habitats. Recommended for ages 3+.

Super Pom Pom Launchers Tinker Time

KidsTown - Level 2

Join us in the KidsTown Studio for a superhero inspired Tinker Time! We will talk about what someone can do to be a superhero and then practice engineering our own super-powered pom pom launchers to help save the city! Recommended for Ages 4+

Guided Planet Tour

Our Planet, Our Solar System - Level 4

Embark on a tour through our solar system at the Science on a Sphere, while delving into the unique characteristics of each of our planetary neighbors! Recommended age 6+

Back from the Brink 3D

Digital Adventure Theater - Level 2

Experience the remarkable true story of three animal species rescued from the brink of extinction. Meet scientists, park rangers and students working to save endangered animals around the world. Discover how California’s enchanting ‘Channel Island Fox’ is rescued from an invasion of Golden Eagles, the fastest recovery of a species in the history of animal conservation. Join the former hunters of one of the world’s most endangered primates, the Golden Monkey, now protecting them in the fabled mountains of China’s Yunnan Province. Witness the wondrous migration of the ‘Christmas Island Red Crab,’ and marvel at their recovery from a Crazy Yellow Ant infestation in one of the most successful bio-control experiments ever undertaken. Join this remarkable and heartfelt adventure to save endangered species around the world as we show that positive change is possible.

Carbon Conundrum

Discovery Stage - Level 4

Uncover what makes carbon such a critical molecule for life on Earth, as we delve into the environmental changes that are happening with carbon-based demonstrations and games! Recommended ages 6+

Dig Deeper

Get up close and personal as you dig deeper into a topic with a rotating collection of authentic fossils and artifacts with a some of our biggest fossil fans on the team!

Space Flight

Flight Lab - Level 4

Fly through the galaxy and explore stars, planets, asteroids, and everything our universe has to offer! Recommended ages 8+

Animal Kingdom 3D

Digital Adventure Theater - Level 2

Animal Kingdom is a spectacular adventure where we meet the six fascinating families of the Animal Kingdom. Take flight with the family of the birds who rule the skies. Get busy with the insects who work hard behind the scenes. Dive into oceans and coral reefs as we meet the family of the fish. Open your eyes to cold blooded world of the reptiles and amphibians. And get moving with the mammals as we meet the mightiest families in the Animal Kingdom.

Moons & More Tour

Our Planet, Our Solar System - Level 4

The best places to seek real examples of sci-fi concepts are some of our unique moons, asteroids, and dwarf planets. Learn about where we might find alien life, cryovolcanoes, methane rain, and more in our very own solar system!

Super Pom Pom Launchers Tinker Time

KidsTown - Level 2

Join us in the KidsTown Studio for a superhero inspired Tinker Time! We will talk about what someone can do to be a superhero and then practice engineering our own super-powered pom pom launchers to help save the city! Recommended for Ages 4+

Powers of Pokemon

Discovery Stage - Level 4

Who's that Pokemon?? Dive into the science behind some of your favorite pokemon powers with live demonstrations! Recommended ages 4+