CLEVELAND (November 6, 2025) – Great Lakes Science Center has whipped up a feast of fun for the holidays with Turkey Tech, our Thanksgiving-themed programming that will delight guests and provide a welcome break during the holiday season.
Guests can create a miniature Thanksgiving parade float, try a challenge that ensures a group of astronauts have supplies for their holiday feast, and help a robot gear up for the big game this November at the Science Center.
On November 15, 23, 28 and 29, guests can discover how planners create elaborate floats for Thanksgiving morning parades. Start by designing your own miniature parade float to attach to a Sphero RVR robot, then drive your creation along our parade route or program it to follow the route on its own. There is a $15 fee for supplies. Parade workshops will be held at 1 and 3 p.m.
Additional programs planned for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend on November 28 and 29 serve up even more fun:
How will astronauts living on a moon base celebrate their holiday? Make sure our space explorers have everything they need for a holiday feast during Thanksgiving in Space! Use an FTC robot to navigate a lunar crater and maneuver around obstacles to collect pallets of food to take back to the base so that the astronauts can celebrate Thanksgiving.
Could robots one day replace human athletes during holiday games, allowing them to celebrate with their families? Check out Sphero Bolt Football and guide a Sphero Bolt robot as it dodges defenders and runs two-minute drills to gear up for the big game.
As a holiday treat, we will also bring out our 3-D printing cart and feature our Force & Motion science show.
Unless noted, programs and activities are included with general admission.
(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. The Science Center will be closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving Day and during all Cleveland Browns daytime home games.)
About Great Lakes Science Center
Great Lakes Science Center is one of the top 10 museums in the nation as celebrated by the 2025 USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel award for Best Science Museum. The Science Center hosted 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 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, a leading provider of insight and data about the non-profit world. 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.