Located in State College, Pennsylvania is Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania. Discovery Space is a non-profit science center designed to provide engaging experiences with the experience of technology that sparks curiosity and creativity. Michele Crowl Executive Director of Discovery Space and The Rivet, says the center opened back in 2011 and has grown ever since.

“We've since moved to a larger facility. We've been able to expand the programs that we offer. So, we started out with a lot of pre-K programs and things for early elementary. And now we're able to, in our larger space, do things for up into middle school, high school. And when we get there to talk about the rivet or the other part of our organization, we have 87 -year -olds coming weekly to do things in our space.”

The program offers hands-on learning accessible to people of all ages outside of the traditional classrooms.

“In a lot of our programs, we're not only doing science experiments or engineering design challenges, but there's literacy woven in there into the whole experience. And so, we really level the playing field because things are hands on.”

The center has just received a baby California Round Ray. The exhibit is having a welcome party on 3March 14 from 5:30-7:30 pm. They are also asking the public’s help on a name for the stingray.

“You can vote right now if you go to our website. The four names are Sandy, Bubbles, Pearl, and Strawberry. So, one of those names will be the winning name for our baby stingray. It's aa California round ray. Right now, she's only maybe five inches wide. We'll have her for about a year and a half, depending on how quickly she grows. She just arrived with us. So, she's going through a period where she's acclimating to us and our environment and she's already been, um, really playful.

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