Earth Rocks!

Discover why Earth rocks through live animal encounters, hands-on STEM experiments, and eco-adventures all spring break long! 

Meet insects up close, make art inspired by nature, create music from recycled materials, and build Earth-friendly inventions. 

SCHEDULE

Animal Veterinary

🕒 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

Learn how to use tools such as a stethoscope, otoscope, and thermometer to perform a check-up on a fuzzy animal friend at our stuffed animal care station.

Climate Rock Puppet Party!

🕒 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Join award-winning NYC Kindie climate-rocker and puppeteer, Esther Crow, and her 11-yr-old son, Vincent, as they teach climate and sustainability lessons to kids through song, dance and chants! This show empowers kids with the knowledge and confidence to be leaders of social/climate justice actions, and to understand the importance of the natural world around them.

Pollinator Puppets

🕒 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Join Esther Crow and her puppet, Bernie the Bee, and learn about how bees, bats and butterflies pollinate many of the fruits and vegetables we eat, and how important they are to maintaining healthy ecosystems worldwide. Participants get to create their own puppets inspired by these creatures!

Free Skate with 4WRD

🕒 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm & 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Learn to skate with experienced instructors with 4WRD Roller Skate! Whether you’re learning to balance or ready to glide, everyone finds their rhythm here. Parents, you’re welcome on the rink too! Capacity is limited, sign up in the Lobby at the Admission Desk.

Friends of Brower Park

🕒 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Join us for a fun earthy craft with Friends of Brower Park. Make your own grass-growing houses! Take them home afterwards and observe their growth. 

Community Earth Cloth

🕒 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Visit the ColorLab Art Studio and make a dynamic collage inspired by the glittering tapestries of artist El Anatsui. Create your own Earth Cloth using muslin, paper, and foil. You’ll take home your artwork, or contribute it to our Community Earth Cloth, and learn the artistic skill of making a collage with recycled materials.

Be Like Bamboo

🕒 10:30 am – 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Visit BCM’s STEM Makerspace and learn how engineers take inspiration from bamboo to design buildings that can withstand earthquakes. Build your own skyscraper using popsicle sticks, straws, and air-dry clay, then test its stability and strength with our earthquake simulator.