CLEVELAND (January 27, 2026) – Fall in love with STEM as Great Lakes Science Center celebrates Valentine’s Day with Smitten with Science.
 
On upcoming Sundays February 1, 8, 15, and 22, guests can take part in the Science Center’s Candy Chromatography family workshop. Explore the chemistry of candy by dissolving popular candies and working with the resulting colors to make art to take home. Each workshop also starts with a fiery demonstration involving candy! There is a $5 materials fee per person for the workshop.
 
Then on February 14, 15 and 16, celebrate the Valentine’s Day weekend, with fun-filled Valentine’s Day themed activities, including:

  • Energize It Big Science Show, February 14 – kick off the Valentine’s Day weekend with our Big Science Show dedicated to where we can find energy and the forms it can take on. Discover what happens to materials when we move or transform the energy they contain.
  • It’s Electric Big Science Show, February 15 and 16 – explore the shocking truth about the energy that powers our lives. We’ll demonstrate the science of electricity with some historically significant devices, including a giant Tesla coil!
  • Magnetism Hands-on Cart Activity – learn more about magnetic attraction and some of its mind-bending effects, including a mechanism that uses magnets as a brake.
  • Heart Cart Hands-on Activity – Investigate the form and function of the heart with models and use simple materials to see your own pulse!
  • Missing Hearts Scavenger Hunt – track down the hiding hearts in the museum and unscramble a secret message.
  • Heartful Arch Community Build – add a heart to decorate an arch on the wall and snap a selfie with your creation. 

Editor’s note: The Science Center’s fall-winter schedule is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Visit GreatScience.com to plan your visit.
 
About Great Lakes Science Center
Great Lakes Science Center, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2026, has reached more than 10 million visitors, and serves as a STEM education leader in Northeast Ohio. The Science Center produced Total Eclipse Fest in 2024, one of the largest free eclipse events in the country and is home to the NASA Glenn Visitor Center. The Science Center makes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) come alive for more than 300,000 visitors a year through hundreds of hands-on exhibits, temporary exhibitions, the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater, historic Steamship William G. Mather, daily science demonstrations, seasonal camps and more. The Science Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution, earned a Charity Navigator Four Star Rating in 2025, receiving top scores for financial efficiency, sustainability and trust worthiness. The Science Center is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Visit GreatScience.com for more information.