FRIDAY’S ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Here’s what’s happening all day on Friday, April 12

 
OC Promenade
• Hands-on module train exhibit with OC Module Railroaders
• Brain Flakes – A creative and educational alternative to building blocks
• OC Fair photo booth – Grab a prop and smile big for your free OC Fair photo souvenir (ocfair.com/fair)
• Corn hole with Raising Cane’s

Action Gallery South
• Woodworking 101 with OC Scroll Saw Association (ocssa.us)
• Creative Crafting – Create anything from an insect to a bracelet
• Sew Easy – Learn the basics to make a plush cow
• Sun Prints – Use the power of the sun to make photographs
• Tech Play – Interactive LED installation, Elenco Snap Circuit, Makey Makey
• Augmented Reality Sandbox – Create in real time
• IKEA Build-A-Chair – See how fast you can assemble a chair
• Clay Play with OC School of the Arts (ocsarts.net); clay donated by Aardvark Clay (aardvarkclay.com)
• Marker Watercolor with Pop Up Studios (popupstudiosoc.com)
• Mini art lessons with Art Steps (artstepsclasses.com)

Action Gallery North
• Reptile Zoo – Hands-on interaction with a variety of reptiles

Livestock Area
• 4-H/FFA livestock animals on display 
• AIAA OC Rocketry – Build and launch a paper rocket
• Small Animal Exposition Day demonstrations and exhibits

The Hangar
• Aerospace Adventure – Laptop flight simulators, flying demos, make and fly paper gliders (presented by Harbor Soaring Society & Civil Air Patrol)
• Wild Science – Take an excursion into the wild and amazing world of science through dozens of highly interactive, fun and visually captivating displays and activities, including life-size games and puzzles (presented by IG Presents)

Main Mall
• Model A Ford car exhibit
• YMCA crafts and games
• Make a mini steampunk hat
• Face painting with AMO Marketing

Vital Link
• Interactive industry, nonprofits and education exhibits and demos
• Drone flight demonstrations with Autonomy Foundation

eSports Playground
• eSports Training – Learn how to train like the pros with Esport Management
• Coding workshops – Learn coding fundamentals (Microsoft, Coder School and Code Ninjas)
• For parents only – Learn how to discover and choose which games offer educational content
• Twitch.tv and Friends – Meet esports pros and learn how they got their start
• LEGO Minecraft Biome City Build with Play-Well TEKnowledgies
• Xbox and PC free play featuring educational games
• Kids Can Cosplay demo – Learn how to create a superhero costume during daily 1-hour demos (kidscancosplay.org)

Country Meadows
• Fort Blisters Boot Camp – Earn your stripes on this fun, challenging obstacle course (presented by Heroes Hall)
• Amazing Maze – Find your way through!
• Physical Physics – Use S.T.E.A.M. to power physical movement
• Fishing in the City – Try your hand at casting a line (presented by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife)
• Dig for roots – Harvest and plant root vegetables
• Radish seed planting – Plant a radish to take home and grow (presented by the City of Costa Mesa)
• Potato sack races – Race against your family to see who wins (presented by the City of Costa Mesa)
• City of Costa Mesa exhibit – Learn what recreation activities are available
• Interactive butterfly exhibit (presented by SkyRiver Butterflies)

Centennial Farm
• Farm animals on display – Tour the 3-acre working farm to see animals and crops
• Blacksmith demo – Watch Christian the Blacksmith work his magic
• OC Beekeepers – Learn about backyard beekeeping
• Touch Table – Use your senses to explore the garden
• Cow milking (Millennium Barn) – Practice milking Maxine the demo cow
• Ox demo (Millennium Barn) – See how these creatures work (closed 12:30-1:30 p.m.)
• UCCE Master Gardeners exhibit (Millennium Barn)
• Great Egg-Scape (Silo Building) – Watch chicks hatch from eggs
• Kruse Feed and Supply exhibit (Silo Building)
• Heifer International exhibit (Millennium Barn)

Heroes Hall
• Veterans exhibit – Victory From Within: The American Prisoner of War Experience

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES  
Here’s what’s happening and when on Friday, April 12

 
9 a.m. Leadership Conference: Speaker Series (until 1 p.m.) – Sessions include: Leadership through the Entrepreneurial Mindset – Industry Professionals providing knowledge and resources in becoming a leader in any sector by adopting an entrepreneurial mindset; and Interviewing Interviewers – Students engage with local business owners to find out what leadership skills are needed to be successful in their industry
(Vital Link North)

9 a.m. Performance Engineering Design Review (until 1:30 p.m.) – Presented by UCI & Vital Link
(Vital Link North)

9 a.m. Building Leaders Workshop (until 1 p.m.) – Students will participate in group workshops to practice and build leadership skills. Presented by Vanguard USO
(Vital Link)

9:30 a.m. Milking demonstration
(Millennium Barn)

9:30 a.m. Kingdom Choir performance
(Main Mall Stage)

9:30 a.m. Sadie’s Farm-tastic Adventure – Celebrate farming with Sadie the Balloon Lady! Sadie’s Farm-Tastic Adventure is a rollicking, knee-slapping, toe tapping thirty minutes of fun.
(Country Meadows)

10 a.m. 4-H presentations and performances (until 3 p.m.)
(Livestock Area)

10 a.m. Wild Science’s Animal Discovery Show
(The Hangar)

10:15 a.m. Magnum Choir performance
(Main Mall Stage)

10:30 a.m. Code your own video game with Microsoft MakeCode
(eSports Playground)

11 a.m. Orange Coast Junior Concert Band performance
(Main Mall Stage)

11 a.m. Sadie’s Farm-tastic Adventure – Celebrate farming with Sadie the Balloon Lady! Sadie’s Farm-Tastic Adventure is a rollicking, knee-slapping, toe tapping thirty minutes of fun.
(Country Meadows)

11 a.m. Wild Science’s Mix-Up Science Show
(The Hangar)

12 p.m. Alpha Winds performance
(Main Mall Stage)

12 p.m. Art the Photo Trainer demonstration
(Action Gallery South)

12 p.m. Wild Science’s Animal Discovery Show
(The Hangar)

12:30 p.m. Sadie’s Farm-tastic Adventure – Celebrate farming with Sadie the Balloon Lady! Sadie’s Farm-Tastic Adventure is a rollicking, knee-slapping, toe tapping thirty minutes of fun.
(Country Meadows)

1 p.m. Vanguard USO performance
(Main Mall Stage)

1 p.m. Kids Can Cosplay workshop – Kids of all ages will learn techniques to bring their favorite fictional character costumes into real life.
(Action Gallery South)

1 p.m. Wild Science’s Mix-Up Science Show
(The Hangar)

1 p.m. Minecraft STEM Build-Off
(eSports Playground)

1 p.m. Hour of Code with Minecraft
(eSports Playground)

2:30 p.m. Milking demonstration
(Millennium Barn)