The Great Lake Science Center’s newest permanent exhibit, Handle With Care, is designed to support early educational experiences with empathy and engineering for children ages 8 and younger.
The new permanent 2,000-square-foot gallery will incorporate STEM learning and fundamental engineering principles while fostering empathy and creativity through imaginative play.
As guests enter Handle With Care, they will have the opportunity to create a personalized care package for a loved one. After assembling their care package, guests can head over to the warehouse and distribution area where they can explore a three-tiered climbing structure, sit in the driver’s seat of a scale model forklift, and manipulate their package through a 10-foot-tall pulley and conveyor belt system. Finally, guests can deliver their care package to an imaginative play neighborhood complete with houses, apartments and a package delivery truck. The Science Center’s littlest visitors will particularly enjoy the small park area that is designed for infants.
Handle With Care is one of the projects made possible by the Science Center’s ongoing Force For Tomorrow campaign, which aims to raise $25 million for revitalizing exhibitions, expanding transformative opportunities and growing the museum’s endowment.