BLACKSBURG, Va., March 9 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

What could constructing basic flying machines, mixing beauty products, and building your own video game controller possibly have to do with one another? They're all different lab experiments involving science and technology and were just some of the many different opportunities available to K-12 future innovators who attended the Virginia Tech STEM Discovery Fair, held Feb. 21 in Alexandria.

Roughly 200 early learners and their parents took part in breakout sessions that explored elementary coding, physics, and DNA in disease diagnostics as well as college planning, career exploration, and a number of exhibits. The sessions w...