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While schools take a break this month, Build It with Buzz at LSC is your go-to for fun and learning. Come observe Engineers Week with Buzz Lightyear and his Pixar-movie friends, from Feb. 17-25, 10 am - 5 pm daily!

In Buzz Lightyear’s Armored Egg Drop Challenge, engineer a protective case for an egg—then drop it from 20 feet in the air! Crack open some common gadgets to see what makes them tick in WALL-E’s Great Take Apart. You can even meet Buzz Lightyear in person (exclusively on Feb. 17, 18 19, 24, and 25). Plus, we’re bringing back our super popular Taylor Swift Laser Show, playing every day!

Be sure to check out our premium exhibition, The Science Behind Pixar, as well as the latest space news in our massive planetarium, and 3D films. Take your Presidents Week vacation to infinity—and beyond!—at LSC.

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Event Highlights

  • WALL-E’s Great Take Apart: Everyone’s favorite robot of the future invites you to disassemble computers, printers, toys, and typewriters to identify what makes these gadgets work.
  • Buzz Lightyear’s Armored Egg-Drop Challenge: Craft a protective contraption with limited supplies to safeguard an egg dropped from a height of 20 feet. As Buzz would say, “This is falling—with style!”
  • A Bug’s Life: Block Island: Use our giant blocks, huge flowers, rocks and more to build a home on Ant Island, just like Flik and friends from A Bug’s Life!
  • Toy Story Time: Young learners can settle into our reading nook for books and creative activities, brought to life by our skilled storytellers.
  • Edna Mode’s Design to Survive: Meet some live animals and guess which animal adaptations The Incredibles’ Edna Mode will borrow to create super suits that protect the next generation of super heroes!
  • Finding Nemo Fish School: Pilot a remote-operated vehicle (ROV) through the water to collect fish from Nemo’s home reef.
  • Buzz Lightyear Meet and Greet!: Our friend Buzz will visit in person Feb. 17 - 19, and Feb. 24 - 25! Come say hello and take a photo!
  • Wildlife Adventures with Staten Island Zoo: On Feb. 24 - 25, meet animal ambassadors from our friends at the Staten Island Zoo, including an armadillo, Aldabra tortoise, rainbow boa, and more!
  • Guests from American Society of Civil Engineers: Professional engineers will share fun engineering challenges, including Toys on a Bridge, Flik’s Foil Boats, Eve & WALL-E’s Electrical Circuits and more!
  • Questionable Engineering: Questionable Engineering is a community-based FIRST robotics team based in Jersey City. On Feb. 17 & 18, the team will demonstrate their 2024 competition robot and talk about the engineering process that went into their current robot. Guests will also be able to drive Oscar the TrashCan Robot, and play soccer with minibots!