Earth Day How-To Festival

Free with museum admission.

Join us as we transform the museum into a giant classroom celebrating community science! Hands-on workshops, drop-in presentations, and scheduled lectures take place throughout the museum. Local experts, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and professionals share their particular passions, ranging from activities that require highly specialized skills to those anyone can do. Celebrate our community’s know-how, learn something new, and help protect the only world we have.

10 ways to protect and enjoy the natural world around you at the Earth Day How-To Festival

1. How to ride a bike with BikeNYC
2. How to make and fly your own kite with SI Tech High School First Robotics Team – Saturn
3. How to identify invertebrates with the Staten Island Insectarium
4. How to draw a bird from observation with Jenya Frid, Manager of Education, Staten Island Museum
5. How to find and identify mushrooms with the New York Mycological Society
   • Outdoor walk: 1-2pm
6. How to be an ecologist with Freshkills Park Alliance and AmeriCorps
7. How to successfully sow and propagate native plant seeds with Alan Pieluszynski, Ecological Operations Manager, Historic Richmond Town
8. How to write an erasure poem with Jade Dinkins, Educator, Staten Island Museum
9. How to identify and count trees for the Tree Census with NYC Parks
10. How to make earth-friendly origami with SI Tech High School Climate Group