This Year's Theme

Myths and Magic Puzzle over ancient legends and discover the mysteries of enchantment. Travel back to the beginning of time through art, science and literature - Myths, Magic, and Mystery are on the menu!

What BCAP Adventurers Do

BCAP Adventurers visit two of our Heart of Brooklyn partner institutions each day. There, they engage in creative projects, exploration and experimentation, games, and educator led tours that weave thematic connections between art, world culture, literature, history, nature, and science. All lessons are consistent with New York State Learning Standards and are lead by members of the educational staff of each institution.

Our Curriculum Model

BCAP's innovative curriculum is a product of a unique collaboration between gifted educators from a range of fields. BCAP is sponsored by Heart of Brooklyn, a unique partnership among six of Brooklyn's most treasured cultural institutions: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Park and Prospect Park Zoo. BCAP takes advantage of these incredible resources by offering thematically linked, hands-on experiences at each of our partner institutions. To meet the BCAP Planning Committee, click here.

The following is a sample of some of the activities BCAP Adventurers engaged in at each of the Heart of Brooklyn partner institution during BCAP Summer Camp 2011:

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
BCAP Adventurers...

• Conducted experiments on Venus Fly Traps and planted their own to take home.

At the Brooklyn Children's Museum,
BCAP Adventurers...

• Explored how children in Hangzhou, China got wild celebrating the Year of the Tiger during this year's Chinese Lunar New Year celebration.

At the Brooklyn Museum, BCAP Adventurers...

• Design their own, child-safe panes of mock "stained glass" by applying techniques used by stained glass makers to create art that interacts with sunlight

At the Brooklyn Public Library, BCAP Adventurers. . .

• Immersed themselves in Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are by creating their own Wild Things and monster movies

At the Lefferts Historic House, BCAP Adventurers...

• Created their own dyes out of natural materials and using them to make their own Batiks

At the Audubon Center, BCAP Adventurers...

• Experienced what it's like to be prey by playing the Predators and Prey game

At the Prospect Park Zoo, BCAP Adventurers...

• Encountered both predators and prey up close and personal and examined the physical features that help them survive