Earth Rocks! Spring Break Fest

Celebrate our amazing planet during DOE Spring Recess with Earth Rocks! — a week-long festival of hands-on exploration and discovery at Brooklyn Children’s Museum.

Schedule

Programs

Animal Veterinary

🕒 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm – 4:30 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 animal care station.

Animal Yoga

🕒 11:00 am – 11:30 am, 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Embark on a wild and wonderful yoga journey. Led by Danielle Medina, creator of Fit N Play Mama, this playful animal-themed class will have you stretching, bending, and moving in ways you never imagined.

The Nature of Music: Idiophones

🕒 11:00 am – 11:30 am, 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Explore rhythm and percussion in this workshop led by musician Nedelka Prescod. Create your own percussion instrument out of recycled materials, engage in rhythmic play that supports listening and community participation through “call and response” and “jamming”.

Billion Oyster Project

🕒 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Discover the intricate connections between predators and prey in New York Harbor with Billion Oyster Project’s NY Harbor Food Chain Activity! Using interactive cutouts and field guides, participants will build their own food chains and explore how energy flows through aquatic ecosystems. Join us for a fun, hands-on experience highlighting the vital role of oyster reefs in supporting aquatic life!

Animal Encounters

🕒 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm, 3:30 pm – 4:00 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!

ColorLab Art Studio

Earth Homes

🕒 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Create an Earth Home sculpture inspired by artist Beverly Buchanan in BCM’s art studio. Use materials like clay, sticks, rocks, and other natural materials to create your own small home structure.

Nature’s Engineers STEM Makerspace

What’s the Juice?

🕒 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Join us in Nature’s Engineers as we build our own food-powered battery and discover the amazing science of electricity.