It’s billed as a party where science is the guest of honor… this Saturday, the Virginia Science Festival kicks off its week-long celebration of science, technology, engineering, math – and everything in between. Hundreds of events and demonstrations are scheduled in locations all over the commonwealth – from a “brain scavenger hunt” in Alexandria to “rat basketball” in Richmond. Kelsea Pieters and Robbie Harris have more.
Virginia Science Festival: “A Party where Science is the Guest of Honor”
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#1 by Avi Dey on October 5, 2014 - 2:41 pm
“Virginia Science Festival” needs a connection to Fairfax Northern Virginia community in future, perhaps via our County Fair that has existed here since before the American CIvil War . Question: Is this worth exploring , with a community to community connection for Science & Innovation ?