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.

Bug Out! with Dr. Aaron Rodriques

🕒 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Bug out with entomologist and scientist Dr. Aaron Rodriques. You’re invited to observe, photograph, and handle Dr. Rodriques’ live collection of insects and invertebrates while he answers any questions that you may have.

Alphabugs

🕒 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm & 3:00 pm –3:45 pm

Alphabugs is a creative collaboration between nationally acclaimed family musicians Ants on a Log and children’s theater creator and author Mélissa Smith. This interactive show is based on Smith’s book “Insects and Me A to Z,” which features bug facts, strength-based affirmations, and a refreshingly diverse cast of characters. Get ready for a high-energy show full of singing, movement, joy, and justice!

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. 

Animal Encounters

🕒 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Say hello to BCM’s live animals at this program led by our expert animal maintainer and educator, Sarah! Get a personal introduction to some of BCM’s most fascinating creatures, and explore native and non-native animals you might find in your own backyard!

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.