Resources

A group of about 30 people in matching bright blue t-shirts that say "Flip the Fair" huddle together in 4 rows (front row kneeling down), smiling at the camera, in front of a gray and sunflower yellow building. — Graduate student presenters and Flip the Fair volunteers pause for a celebratory photo outside of Melrose Branch Library in Roanoke after a successful Flip the Fair 2024. Photo by Carrie Kroehler for Virginia Tech.

We've had the opportunity to publish a paper about the first Virginia Tech-Roanoke Flip the Fair in the Journal of STEM Outreach; to work with student videographers to create helpful videos; and to receive coverage of the event through a variety of local news media and a Research!America interview. Here's a sampling of materials that will provide readers with additional information and insights.

Publications

“Flipped Science Fair Invites Children to Judge Graduate Student Posters Through a University-Community Partnership.” Journal of STEM Outreach.

"Flipped Science Fair: Engaging Middle School Students in STEM while Training Researchers in Science Communication." Journal of STEM Outreach.

Videos

“Flip the Fair: 10 minute documentary.” Center for Communicating Science YouTube.

"Flip the Fair: Graduate Students' Perspectives, Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech." Center for Communicating Science Youtube.

“Decoding Virginia Tech's Flip the Fair Science Engagement Initiative with 2 Student Co-organizers.” ResearchAmerica YouTube.

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