| Date: | October 08, 2016 |
| Time: | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Venue: | Virginia Tech |
| Description: |
The Virginia Tech Science Festival will be held at multiple Virginia Tech and downtown Blacksburg locations including the Moss Arts Center, Alumni Mall, Henderson Lawn, Newman Library and College Avenue on Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 10 am - 3 pm. The festival is a chance to celebrate science. The festival provides families hands-on experiences, interactive demonstrations, and techno entertainment that will inspire a wonder in science for all ages. Meet scientists and researchers who solve all kinds of problems. Participating organizations include: • The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team of Virginia Tech • Mill Mountain Zoo: Conservation Station- Species Survival Depends On You! • First Appalachian Robotics • Build and Program Lego Robots with the Tuxedo Pandas • VT Physics Outreach • 501st Legion's Garrison Tyranus Star Wars Costuming Organization • VT Motorsports Formula SAE • 3D Printing with the Virginia Tech DREAMS Lab • All About Optics - OSA Student Chapter of Virginia Tech • Musical Robots • Drone Discovery: 4-H National Youth Science Day • Glo Germ: The Glo Germ "Kit" Shows Kids where Germs Hide on Their Hands • Chemical Illusions - VT Department of Chemistry • BOLT Electric Motorcycle • High Power Rocketry at Virginia Tech • WDBJ7 Meteorologists teach the Science Behind Weather • Space Research at CRASH Lab • Roachzilla! - Radford University Ecophysiology Lab • Bug Talk - VT Biological Sciences and Entomology Departments • Exploring the Solar System - Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society • Augmented Exercise through Virtual Reality • Hyperloop at Virginia Tech • STEM Based Lego Models and Science Scenarios - Bricks 4 Kidz • Science Festival Photobooth For the full list of activities and organizations involved, visit: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/sciencefestival/plan.html. Admission is free and all are welcome. A visitor's parking permit is not required to park on the Virginia Tech campus on Saturday, October 8 for the Virginia Tech Science Festival. On the festival day, visitors may park in most faculty/staff, student, or visitor’s parking spaces. Additionally, parking in downtown Blacksburg is free the day of the festival. For more parking information and maps, visit: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/sciencefestival/plan-maps.html. The event is rain or shine. For more information, visit: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/sciencefestival/index.html or https://www.facebook.com/VaSciFestBburg/. |