Hannah O\u2019Reilly with Discover Lehigh Valley takes a look at the Da Vinci Science Center.<\/p>\n
“Best place to start is with our guest services desk, where they can get you set up of tickets,” said Andy Beilhart, STEAM Education Manager at the center.<\/p>\n
“After they get you set up, the best place, and my favorite place to start the day is up with our four North American river otters,” Beilhart said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The four otters live in the Lehigh River watershed.<\/p>\n
“This is not too shabby,” O’Reilly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We try to keep them as wild as possible,” Beilhart explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The otters feel a little bit more at home because the environment looks like their home.<\/p>\n
“They eat great. They’re in great shape,” O’Reilly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“They sleep all day,” Beilhart responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“They\u2019re living the life in here,” O’Reilly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the center’s rotating exhibits includes the Be a Vet exhibit.<\/p>\n
“We love when families and kids especially can come and see like, hey, they might be interested in in doing this as a career,” Beilhart said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s a great way for our friends to learn about our animals, how different things work,” Faith Sheppard, Operations Shift Lead, said. “They can look at some wonderful pictures, match up the x rays to our animal friends on the wall. And this is where they can use our real stethoscopes to hear their heartbeats and really get into being a vet.”<\/p>\n
In the Lehigh Valley Health Network My Body Exhibit, families have the opportunity to come and explore what’s going on inside.<\/p>\n
“We have something like our fingerprint exhibit where you can take a look at your fingerprints and how everyone’s different,” Beilhart said. “We have our virtual health simulator giving you information about things like mental health. Most popular exhibits are reaction test.”<\/p>\n
“And we’re going to try that,” O’Reilly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Da Vinci Science Center’s building also has its own brain.<\/p>\n
“This shows off emotions. So, the colors change, the music changes, our videos on the wall change to kind of give you a sense of what emotion you are feeling at the time,” Beilhart said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pulley chairs teach visitors about mechanical advantage.<\/p>\n
“So if you look up there’s pulleys and rope. And each one of our chairs has a different number of pulleys and a different length of rope telling us that it’s going to be either easier or more difficult, depending on what chair you’re sitting in,” Beilhart explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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