Let's talk about outreach & Math'émerveille

4 Nov 2022

Last week the "Let's talk about outreach" conference took place at Les Diablerets! The aim of this conference was to bring together maths outreach specialists to discuss their practices, exchange ideas and create content. The result of this week was presented to the public during the first Math'émerveille festival, with its special Halloween edition, "Même pas peur des maths". This first edition was a real success and the participants present left delighted. It must be said that with eleven stands run by the exhibitors and specialists from all over the world (Scotland, USA, France,...), a show for young and old and an escape game, there was plenty to do!

Visitors were also able to take home a souvenir of the day thanks to a variety of raffles which took place during the day and offered the winners an original puzzle as a souvenir.

Some participants shared their experience

Vanessa 46 years old

Do you like maths? I don't really like it, I'm more literary.

What surprised you during your visit? I noticed that people who do maths ask themselves many more questions than I do.

What did you like the most? The puzzle.

What surprised you during your visit? That there is maths everywhere.

Camille 15 years old

Do you like maths? yes 7 out of 10

What surprised you during your visit? juggling

What did you like the most? I learned that a lot of things are related to maths and that you can make music with juggling.

Lara 14 years old

Do you like maths? yes 7 out of 10

What surprised you during your visit? The origami on which you count the vertices and subtract the number of faces, and how you always arrived at the same answer

What did you like the most? The puzzle

François Genillard, Municipal, Commune D'Ormont-Dessus, Les Diablerets - Vers-l'Eglise

Do you like maths? Yes, I have always liked it, especially arithmetic.

What did you like the most? The fun aspect and the fact of being able to touch things.

What surprised you during your visit? The variety of ages, and everyone is equally captivated. It's a great collaboration!

Gilles, 52 years old

Do you like maths? No, I've always had a bad memory!

What surprised you during your visit? Pretty much everything, especially the puzzle stand, it's close to magic!

Vincent 35 years old

Do you like maths? More or less, I'm not passionate about it but it's a nice tool.

What did you like the most? The game and the manipulation

What surprised you during your visit? The diversity of what's on offer, it's amazing that there's maths behind it all!

Press coverage :

Radio Chablais : Interview Elise Raphael

Radio Chablais : Interview Shaula Fiorelli

Program(s)

Education

SwissMAP Research Fellowship at ETH Zurich

Join the group scientists visiting local schools for "Women and Girls in Science and Technology"