3 Amazing Kids Using Math and Science to Make an Impact

At Mathnasium of Parker, we know that success requires perseverance, resourcefulness, and confidence. Strong math skills help, too. These three stories are about children who showed exactly the skills and habits we work on with students enrolled at our center. We hope you find the stories of the following three young people as inspiring as we do.

1. Gitanjali Rao is an eleven-year-old seventh grader in Lone Tree, Colorado. She won $25,000 from the National Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. She invented a device that makes testing water for contaminants, such as lead, easy and reliable. She became interested in water after learning about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. You can listen to an interview with this amazing young lady here. https://www.cpr.org/news/story/lone-tree-7th-grader-is-americas-top-young-scientist?utm_content=buffer5df92&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
2. Thirteen-year-old Tanmay Bakshi lives and works in Canada. Tanmay is the youngest IBM Watson programmer. IBM Watson is an artificial intelligence computer system. He developed and released his first app at just nine-years-old … and then wrote a book about it. He also creates tutorials on math and does public speaking engagements. You can watch Tanmay speak here in this interview after he was hired by Google for 1.25 million. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoNNjwkLTP4.  You can also check out his tutorials on his Youtube channel “Tanmay Teaches.”
3. Kelvin Doe is from Freetown, a city in Sierra Leon, Africa. At eleven he used scrap electronics that other people threw away to create a radio station. He used his radio station to broadcast news and music to people in Freetown. He still loves inventing and MIT invited him to be part of their “Visiting Practioner’s Program.” Kevin continues to use his creativity and engineering skills to better the lives of people in his community. Watch Kevin’s truly inspirational story here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aQ2h3VaC3c

We honor these young people for using grit and a growth mindset to change the world for the better.  We encourage our students at Mathnasium to develop these habits and attitudes. While these three stories are exceptional, we know that every child has the ability to change the world. They just need access, opportunity, and someone to believe in them.

Read some of our articles about nurturing the same habits as these young superstars.

• Use Math to Improve Your Child’s Confidence in Their Ability to Learn
• Mathnasium of Parker Improves Grit
• Where is Your Child on the Math Motivation Ladder?
• Get Inspired in Math by Olympians Wilma Rudolph, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Cody Miller
• Get Fit and Strong at the Mathnasium Math Gymnasium
• Mathnasium of Parker Encourages Girls & Young Women to Pursue STEM Opportunities
• Mindset Encouraging Mathematical Reasoning and Creativity
• Give Your Child the Joy of Success in Math
• With the Right Mindset, Math Can Be Fun!

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