Building with the earth and printing with the sun are some of the options families have over spring break at The Lawrence Hall of Science, the learning lab and public science center for the University of California, Berkeley.
From March 30 through April 7, the science center has a schedule packed with special events, extended hours and activities for every age.
Osage artist brooke smiley will lead an earth architecture project for those who don’t mind getting a little muddy. Entitled EARTH.SPEAKS, smiley will collaborate with contemporary arts agency SOZO to create a “land-based art project aimed at healing and uplifting Native voices through community creation of earth markers, a sustainable practice of sculpture building,” according to the Hall of Science.
An 8-foot anatomically correct human heart sculpture created by the Flaming Lotus Girls will pulse with flames to simulate blood flow through vessels. The sculpture will have pyrotechnics displays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both weekends and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday that week.
There will also be an enlightening event about lighting and wildfires, and daily opportunities to make sun prints from the science museum’s outdoor plaza with a panoramic view of San Francisco Bay.
And on April 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. there will be an eclipse viewing party.
To learn more, visit lawrencehallofscience.org/events/spring-break-at-the-lawrence/.
