On Saturday, October 8th, Virginia Tech held their annual Science Festival. The science department at John I. Burton invited students interested in this event to attend under their supervision. Both Ms. Scott and Mr. Lawson, accompanied the students who elected to participate in this educational opportunity. Mrs. Kinser and Mrs. McCall, from NEMS, also attended, chaperoning elementary/middle school Quest students. Mr. Walker was kind enough to chauffeur nearly twenty-five NCS students and all four teachers to Blakcsburg. This Science Festival had many different science displays, some of which were interactive.
Jacob W., a sophomore at Burton, really enjoyed this event. He said,"I feel like this event (is) perfect for anyone that enjoys science." He continued on to say, "My favorite part of this occurrence was that everyone was there for one reason: that was science." This event had multiple activities for anyone interested in participating. VT also had multiple virtual reality sets to use. People that went to this event could also watch liquid nitrogen ice cream be made and then eat it. One last event out of the many more VT had was that visitors could extract DNA out of a strawberry. Jacob said that the Science Festival was exactly what he thought it was going to be.
This year the Science Festival was somewhat different from previous years. This year they had many Star Wars' characters making an appearance. Mr. Lawson, along with many others, thoroughly enjoyed this facet of the event . Mr. Lawson said that meeting the Star Wars' characters was his favorite part of the festival. Anyone interested in science should check this event out next year. It is truly an educational and enjoyable experience.
Written By: Kim H.