This year, Axel Kittenberger, Denise Schmutz, and Noemi Naujoks once again participated in the Vienna Children’s University, this time with two workshops, each tailored for 20 children aged 7 to 9. Building on last year’s popular topic, we brought back Paula the Sloth to help explain the fascinating world of computed tomography in a playful and accessible way.

The children explored the fundamentals of tomography through a series of interactive stations. These included quizzes, experiments with light and shadow, paint-by-numbers, and exercises demonstrating how mathematics enables us to visualize the inside of objects.

We were excited to see how quickly the children understood complex ideas when given the chance to explore them in a fun way.

Want to test your own knowledge? Try our tomography quiz!