Programming

Kids of all ages can power their imaginations at Imaginology while learning about STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math.) From demonstrations to hands-on activities, here’s what’s happening this year at Imaginology, April 12-13.

Imaginology Scavenger Hunt

Pick up a card from the Imaginology Info Booth at the Entrance. Kids (12 years old and younger) can go on a hunt throughout Imaginology to find exhibitors and get their scavenger hunt card stamped. Once complete, claim a prize! Please turn in your completed card by 3:30 p.m.

Santa Ana Pavilion

Academic Chess – Strategic Kids

Learn chess strategy and about educational programming opportunities. Practice your skills on our giant chess set!

 AmSTEA

Create an iodine clock reaction and make your own elastic bounce balls.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast

Learn coding and robotics with Sphero robots, watch a mini golf demonstration with robots and craft sphero-bots.

Costa Mesa Fire Department 

Learn about fire safety and the importance of preparedness.

Costa Mesa Police Department – SWAT

Info about field operations and SWAT vehicles.

Harbor Soaring Society

Take to the skies with our virtual flight simulator and make paper gliders.

Pretend City

Where curiosity meets fun! Play with a Rigamajig and sensory activities.

Scouting America Orange County Council

Race a pinewood derby car and make your own sailboat for a rain gutter regatta.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Art demonstrations and various projects kids can create and take home.

Zany Zoe’s Magic Show

High-energy, laugh-filled magic show packed with amazing tricks, audience interaction, music and dance—plus, you’ll even learn three magic tricks! Fun for all ages! Sunday, April 13 only, at 11 a.m., noon, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

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Huntington Beach Building

American Opal Society 

Educational gem and opal polishing and grinding demonstrations, use a microscope to view fossils found in opals.

AoPS Academy

Solve puzzles and Rubik’s cubes for prizes.

AquaTots Orange

Learn about year-round swim lesson programs for children. 

Art Steps, Inc.

Free mini art lessons. Draw characters and learn about art programs.

Arts & Learning Conservatory

Learn about theater equipment and play with musical instruments.

Child Creativity Lab

Test your knowledge of conservation, geography and gravity with our hands-on challenge – The Earth Spinner!

Children’s Museum at La Habra

Microscope activity, engineering with a Rigamajig kit, ramps and a sensory table.

Excel Academy Charter

Make your own kazoo using raw materials.

Farm Fresh Foods

Learn about healthier food options from domestic farms across the U.S.

Galileo Learning

STEAM tall towers build! Contribute to the collaborative build over the course of the event.

Girl Scouts of Orange County

An exploration of STEAM with Girl Scouts.

Girls Inc. of Orange County

Explore how movement, vision and physics work by creating your very own animation.

Hack Club

Test interactive projects built by Hack Clubbers. Play a game on Sprig, a game console built by high schoolers, or watch a robot draw.

Hedgehog Lacers

Learn the art of making lace and make your own lace fish.

Irvine Ranch Water District

Use meters to determine water levels in soil.

Job’s Daughters

Ready, aim, launch! Play a game of Plinko, but with a twist! 

Leaf Filter

LeafFilter gutter protection.

Oak Canyon Nature Center

Taxidermy animals, furs, bones and more.

Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts

Learn about STEAM educational programs for students K-12.

Orange County 4-H

Create stick puppets and DIY home and body care.

Orange Country Scroll Saw Association

Pardon our sawdust! Learn the art of scroll sawing and try to cut your own design.

Oui-Connect

Learn about foreign exchange programs.

Raising Cane’s

Prize wheel with exclusive Raising Cane’s prizes.

Rolling Robots

Enjoy hands-on robot play and see competition robots from the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championship.

Santiago Canyon College – Child Development Department

Play with a sensory bottle station, a salt dough play area and enjoy preschool play.

Scholastic Book Fair

Learning to read or reading to learn? Find your new favorite book here. Children’s books available to purchase.

techATTACK

Robotic demonstrations. Sunday, April 13 only. 

The Reptile Zoo

Leaping lizards! Interact with reptiles from all over the globe.

theCoder School

Learn to write code using computer software.

Whimsical World

Browse a wide variety of children’s books.

Wonders of Wildlife

Live animal and artifact displays. (Sunday Only)

YMCA of Orange County

Sharpen your detective skills with our fingerprint

activity.

Youth Art Competition Exhibitions

Display of youth-created murals, posters and unique creations using cardboard.

 

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Costa Mesa Building

Orange County Aerial Arts

Info and registration at 10:15 a.m.; Open trial aerial, tumbling and acro classes at 12:15 and 2:15 p.m.; Aerial circus show at 11:15 a.m., 1:20  and 3:15 p.m.

Orange County Module Rail Roaders

Roll by to see a module train on display.

Mind Works

Hands-on STEAM activities.

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Centennial Farm

Blacksmith

Kids can learn about blacksmithing.

Centennial Farm Gardens & Livestock

Learn about agriculture, from our gardens to the various livestock we have on display.

Centennial Farm Volunteers

Available to answer the public’s questions.

Goat Milking

Learn about milking goats. Live demonstration. 

OC Beekeepers Association

Learn about bees and what beekeepers do.

 Dig for Roots

Dig in made-for-play gardens looking for various root vegetables.

Oxen Demonstrations

The use and history of oxen.

Radish Seed Planting

Children learn what it takes to plant a radish seed.

Sheep and Goat Shearing

Sheep and Goat shearing demonstrations.

South Coast Weavers & Spinners Guild

Learn how to spin natural fiber into yarn.

Terrarium Take-Home Activity

Children will be able to make their own succulent terrarium and take it home.

Veggie Stamps

Decorate a small bag with stamps shaped like vegetables.

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Centennial Farm – Millennium Barn

California AVIAN Health Education Network

Outreach booth providing poultry-related information.

Chocolate Milk

Centennial Farm will be selling chocolate milk from local dairy, Scott Bros. Dairy.

The Great Egg-Scape

Kids can learn about how a chick develops and hatches and general chicken care.

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Chess Tournament

Academic Chess – Tournament of Champions

Saturday, April 12, check-in at 12:30 p.m., tournament is 1-4 p.m.
Chess lesson, tournament and awards presentation. Online registration is $30.
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Heroes Hall

Ninja Nation Boot Camp

Navigate a blow-up obstacle course and participate in boot camp-like activities.

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Outdoor Activities

Brain Builders

Learn about summer camp opportunities, classes and hands-on building activities.

City of Costa Mesa

Learn about local programs and activities through the City of Costa Mesa Parks and Community Services Department.

CA Department of Fish & Wildlife

Fishing in the City – cast a fishing pole and learn about endangered fish species.

City of Newport Beach/ Camp Newport

Showcase your creativity on our Magna-Tiles marble run.

Dance Discovery Foundation

Play La Lotería and get creative with coloring activities.

Imaginology’s Hula Hoop

Have fun and exercise using Hula Hoops.

International School for Science and Culture

Learn how to build a peaceful society through the pursuit of STREAM.

Kaleo Marketing

Looking for your next getaway? Learn about vacation clubs with Kaleo Marketing. 

Life’s Toolbox

Plant giveaways and crafting fun.

Llama Competition

Watch llamas compete and show off their charm, plus see them up close on display!

Megan the Bubbleologist

Watch as Megan creates magical, colorful bubbles to the beat of happy tunes in this high-energy show. It’s fun, it’s vibrant, and it’s unlike any bubble performance you’ve ever seen! Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m., noon, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

Muya Homeschool Enrichment

Join us for nature-themed Waldorf crafts and games!

Orange Coast Musical Arts

Play with different musical instruments.

Orange County Model T Ford Club

View antique automobiles and engines built between 1909-1927.

Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control

All buzz, no bite! Visit for a chance to take home some goodies that don’t suck.

Philharmonic Society of Orange County

Interact with orchestra instruments.

Rabbit Competition

Hop over to watch adorable rabbits compete and see them up close on display!

Rebel Ranch

Information booth. Learn about specialized canine training, including therapy and service dogs,  how to build confidence, form connections and more. 

Recess Revolution

Spark your creativity! Build and play with cardboard, buckets, tubes, fabric and more.

Roaming Railroad

Kids can enjoy a ride on a roaming train. $3 per ride, per passenger. Cash and card payments accepted.

SkyRiver Butterflies

A live interactive butterfly exhibit.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile service, phones, home internet, watches, tablets, speakers and accessories.

Urban Workshop

Promoting urban workshop classes and how to use tools and equipment to make DIY projects. Youth classes available.

Walk Intuit

Learn about healing programs for trauma therapy and healing services utilizing therapy horses. 

Youth and 4-H Livestock Competitions

Youth and 4-H exhibitors showcase cattle, goats, sheep and more.

Zany Zoe’s Magic Show

High-energy, laugh-filled magic show packed with amazing tricks, audience interaction, music and dance—plus, you’ll even learn three magic tricks! Catch Zoe roaming the grounds on Saturday, April 12 or on stage in the Santa Ana Pavilion on Sunday, April 13, at 11 a.m., noon, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

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