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 Louis Sorkin

🕒 10:30 am – 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Come for this wonderful buggy presentation with former AMNH entomologist Louis Sorkin! Learn about a wide variety of bugs while you come face to face with these fun crawlers.

Spring into Balance

🕒 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm & 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Join The Noble Touch for a family-centered wellness program designed to support children and their parents or caregivers together through playful mindfulness, movement, and stress-relief practices. Spring Into Balance offers families a gentle, positive way to pause, reset, and reconnect with one another in a setting that already feels safe, familiar, and joyful!

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.