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NO ADULTING ALLOWED
New Playground Inspired Exhibition
L
ast year Steve Snyder, the Fleet
Science Center’s CEO, visited
his childhood elementary school
for the first time in many years.
“One look at the playground and
I remembered everything, all the imaginative
games we made up and things I learned
playing on that slide and those monkey-
bars” recalled Snyder. “I thought, wouldn’t
it be great to use playground elements to
inspire imagination and nostalgia?”
Steve Snyder
The Fleet’s creative team ran with the
idea and developed Pause|Play featuring
more than a dozen experiences, each
designed to evoke childhood memories. The
bilingual exhibit, which will be open through
September 2, is no ordinary playground.
There is a scientific twist to enhance every
activity in this innovative and fascinating new
exhibition that takes over two of the Fleet’s
upstairs galleries.
Augmented
Reality Sandbox
A slide invites visitors to climb up and plunge down but unlike
other slides, this slide clocks your speed. Adults and kids alike
can explore different scientific concepts through a whirling merry-
go-round, a set of interconnected seesaws, augmented-reality
sandboxes and a pool filled with balls. Visitors can test their
perception and aim with the basketball hoops, ride a tricycle with
square wheels and play a glowing game of hopscotch.
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