Discovery Place Kids and CPCC invite families to CPCC’s Merancas Campus, 11636 Verhoeff Drive, Huntersville, on Saturday, April 27th, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for Touch-A-Truck.
Touch-a-Truck is a free family-friendly, community event open to the public hosted on CPCC’s Merancas Campus. Explore a variety of over 40 trucks and vehicles including construction trucks, 18 wheelers, and first-responder vehicles.
There will be a bomb squad truck and a Tesla as well.
Discovery Place Kids educators will be on site to guide children through the science of trucks with hands-on, interactive STEM activities with circuits, gears and ramps.
Food will be provided for a voluntary donation (while supplies last) and all proceeds will go towards students in the CPCC transportation system technologies program to attend the SEMA Show, the premier automotive specialty products trade event with technical workshops and new product demonstrations.
Activities:
- Make-Makey Circuit Challenges
- Snap on Gears
- A Rigamajig
- Friction Frenzy
- Matching color swatches with paint
- Painting a truck with handprints
- Bounce house
- Music by a DJ
Parking:
Huntersville Athletic Park
11720 Verhoeff Drive
Huntersville, NC 28078
Admission and parking are free.
Please note the rain date for this event is Saturday, May 11, 2019.