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Special Spring Break Programming at Orlando Science Center!

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Safety  Guidelines

Limited capacity, timed-entry ticketing, temperature checks, face coverings, social distancing, and frequent sanitizing of exhibits help us provide an environment for fun and discovery while maintaining a focus on health and safety.

Review our full health and safety plan here.

Limited-Time Exhibits

Planet Pioneers

Level 2

Do you have what it takes to live on another planet?
 
With the resurgence in space exploration, we could see someone living on Mars in our lifetime. Could that be YOU?
 
Drive a rover over alien terrain, map the surface with a drone, build a habitat, and so much more in Planet Pioneers!

Fusion: A STEAM Gallery

Level 3

Experience the joy of our connections with animals, as well as the sorrow we feel when we lose them in Love and Loss Across Species Lines - The Neuroscience of Attachment.
 
This art and science exhibition helps us better understand and appreciate our complex, entangled, and interdependent lives.

All-New Experiences

These new timed-experiences will be offered daily from March 12th through the 21st!

Tiny Green Home Tours

From sustainability to recycling, this Tiny Green Home is showing us how to make a BIG difference!
 
Tours will be scheduled daily from 10:30 to 4:00 pm and sign-ups are first come, first served.

Purple Martins House

The Science Center is partnering with Disney’s Animals Sciences & Environment to carry out research on purple martins birds! Learn about this exciting conservation project with tours of the new house at noon!

Awaiting Artemis

Learn more about women’s role in space travel, and NASA’s new lunar mission, Artemis, during this original Science on a Sphere presentation created in collaboration with NASA and the Women of NASA group. Showing at 2:00 pm daily.

Loads of Live Programming

Highlights Include:

  • NatureWorks' Fish Feeding Frenzy and Swamp Talks
  • Nature-inspired StoryTimes and Creative Corner activities in KidsTown
  • Cartography and paper plant-making projects in The Hive: A Makerspace (ages 8+)
  • Experiments, games, and other activities in Dr. Dare’s Club House

Extra Weekend Fun

Planning on visiting on a Saturday or Sunday? Don't miss these special activities!

Weekend Workshops: Hydroponics for Kids

Make your own self-watering planter and learn about hydroponic growing! Private workshops are $30 for up to five participants in the same group. GET TICKETS.

KaBOOM! Live Stage Show

Ignite your curiosity and check out the colorful chemistry behind your favorite combustions with this explosive LIVE science show, weekends at 1:00 pm.

Green Actioneers – Saturday, March 20

Join us and the Green Actioneers, presented by the VoLo Foundation, for a series of family-friendly activities at 12:00, 1:00 and 2:00 pm that will show participants how to keep the planet (and your wallet) green! LEARN MORE.