Our Visit to The Orlando Science Center
April 16, 2009
Before heading out to our Tandberg Award Ceremony, I had the opportunity to visit our fellow museum colleagues at the Orlando Science Center. Upon entering the museum the very first thing that caught my attention was a miniature pit of real life alligators that were dead center in the first level. They attracted a lot of attention because the design of the staircase between levels allowed for them to always be visible to visitors.
Grossology, “the impolite science of the human body”, was the museums’ traveling exhibition. Now growing up with three older brothers, I thought I had been around my fair share of burping and farting. This exhibition made me think twice about that previous statement. In this area children were allowed to slide down the a 3-D model of the digestive system and play a pinball machine called “GasAttack”. All the exhibits were very interactive and really gave me feeling as if I were in a scientific arcade room. The museum had a huge collection of other interactive exhibits which were great as well. Overall, I had a fun time and would really like to visit again one day. You can visit the Orlando Science Center website by clicking on the following link.
*Click on this link to watch a video of our visit!
