Orlando Science Center Inc

Programs: Core exhibit halls explore scientific content and processes behind topics of significance to central florida business, education, government, and philanthropic partners for over 627,000 visitors to osc in fy 2017, including more than 145,000 who received free or reduced price admission. Core exhibits include natureworks, which explores the flora and fauna of six of the region's common habitats; kinetic zone, which explores the fundamentals of forces, such as electricity, gravity, and newton's laws. Kidstown stimulates the hands-on creative play recognized by experts as important to the cognitive development of young children. Dino digs explores paleontology and features fossil casts of the giant prehistoric creatures. Our planet, our universe explores the mysteries of space as well as the dynamic forces and systems that shape our earth. Engineer it! Focuses on the engineering process. Guests can build bridges and other structures using legos and tinker toys, and test their functionality.

education services and live programs - these include on-site demonstrations, programs, lab and school field trip activities, teacher professional development, holiday and summer camps and classes,preschool, and participatory activities for visitors of all ages. Off-site programs bring classroom and assembly-type programs to students and their parents at local schools, libraries, and other educational and cultural venues. Off-site programs serve students in nine counties throughout central florida. In fy 2017, osc served 146,664 students and teachers through field trips and other educational programming, with 1,384 teachers from local schools partaking in professional development training for stem learning.

cinedome, observatory and digital adventure theater - the 240-seat dr. Phillips cinedome combines 15/70mm large format film technology with a digistar ii projection system to offer visitors giant screen film shows in the domed venue. The digital adventure theater hosts educational movies daily and science live! Program favorites such as kaboom! With state-of-the-art 4k digital projection and 7. 1 surround sound, the digital adventure theater also presents movies in 2d and 3d, and hosts guest presentations by scientists. The observatory features central florida's largest refractor telescope and provides public access for viewing astronomical events.