My favorite thing: And baby makes three at Orlando Science Center

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Oranges (and green oranges) are there for the picking.
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In the Explore It area, air pressure keeps balls aloft with the interactive Bernoulli table.
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KidsTown is expanding and moving to the second level of the Orlando Science Center
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The Orange Grove is about teamwork. Kids pick, transfer and process oranges through sorting and packing stations. There's also a factory and farmer's market.
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A Factory is part of the Orange Grove inside the new KidsTown at Orlando Science Center.
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An orange archway leads into the Orange Grove at the new KidsTown at Orlando Science Center.
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Dr. Phillips gets a prime spot within the Orange Grove.
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In the Explore It area, colorful scarves dance in the air after they travel through the 18-foot Windy Tubes.
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Kids run through an upper level of the Isaacs Family ClimbTime in the new KidsTown section of Orlando Science Center.
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Autumn Armao and Rober Armao come face-to-face with a T-rex at the Orlando Science Center in Loch Haven Park on Monday, May 30, 2016
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Contributors are listed on a wall near the entrance of the new KidsTown space at Orlando Science Center.
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Autumn Armao picks oranges at KidsTown at the Orlando Science Center in Loch Haven Park on Monday, May 30, 2016
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There's actually a lot of climbing in Isaacs Family ClimbTime ... inside the obstacle course.
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The view from Isaacs Family ClimbTime at Orlando Science Center.
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Drip Drop Splash features water wheels and pipes for people to create water paths.
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A new lobby and box office are part of the renovations at Orlando Science Center.
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Toddlers now get in on the action at the Orange Grove.
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Harriett's KidsTown Theater will be home to creative performances at Orlando Science Center.
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In the KidsTown Studio, adults and children will learn through mind-bending puzzles and science experiments. In addition, the space will host arts and crafts, workshops and an opportunity to send digital good wishes to patients at Florida Hospital for Children.
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Kids try out Isaacs Family ClimbTime at Orlando Science Center. The obstacle course has layered platforms, suspended rope bridges and other barriers that test motor skills and coordination.

PUBLISHED: June 17, 2016 at 3:54 p.m. | UPDATED: May 12, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

My husband and I had a blast going to the Orlando Science Center before we had our daughter. But now she is the one who can’t wait for her next visit to this gem located in Orlando’s Loch Haven Park.

Where else in Orlando can you come face to face with a huge Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton? Learn about teamwork while transporting oranges from grove to factory? Don a smock to build dams and channels at the water table?

Venture into NatureWorks and come face to face with a cypress swamp filled with alligators and turtles. Other scaly animals are displayed in smaller aquariums.

Those are just some of the permanent exhibits. Traveling exhibits keep you surprised.

Now that we go as a family, we are able to play in the areas we had previously skipped. And we look forward to experiencing the entire science center with our Baby Girl as she grows up.

For more information, go to osc.org.

Wesley Alden is a video programming producer at the Orlando Sentinel and contributes tales about raising her Baby Girl on the Moms at Work blog. She can be reached at walden@orlandosentinel.com.