Coming up...
Watch this space for info about our next events and displays.
If you have an idea for something mathsy you'd love to see or collab with us for, let us know!
You can read what sorts of things we've got up to previously below.
Past events
Festival for Women and Girls in Science (Feb 2024)
To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Sunday 11th Feb 2024), Mathateca joined University of Canterbury Schools of Science (LEAF network) and the Canterbury Museum delivering an all-day STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) outreach expo at Tūranga, called the Festival for Women and Girls in Science.
The goal behind the festival was to share the excitement of taking part in scientific research and demonstrate the important contribution that women make to science, with a particular focus on activities for girls aged 10-18 and their families.
The event had 17 interactive exhibits: from Antarctica to volcanoes, sentiment mapping to seed planting, chemical engineering to fossil hunting, a planetarium dome, and even a "human library" where you could chat to researchers about their work. Our very own Rata Ingram was behind Mathateca's Mathematical 3D Printing exhibit.
Rata had used the publicly available 3D printers at Tūranga Library to make mathematical demonstration objects, models and puzzles that encapsulate all sorts of mathematical concepts in an engaging and tactile way. You can refer to the display signage here.
There were many great questions and conversations going on about mathematical objects at our table - the best part was people's faces lighting up as they played with the models and figured things out. Lots of learning going on, for kids and adults alike!
