Kids can do amazing things when they are provided with an encouraging environment. They can transcend the barriers adults put around their thinking and come up with innovative ideas and create things we never thought they can do. They can be brighter than we think and sometimes they can even outsmart us, you don't believe it ? Watch the videos below.
See, these kids rule. They’re developing mathematical theories before they hit puberty, teaching computers to diagnose breast cancer, analyzing air pollutants, and finding ways to prevent carcinogens forming in grilled chicken. Because what else would you do in grade school?
To share with your kids and inspire them, here is a list of the some of the best
TEDx talks done by kids.
1. The 10-year-old Princeton student / astrophysicist: Jacob Barnett
By age nine, Jacob was not only able to talk and learn, he had already built a series of mathematical models that expanded Einstein’s theory of relativity.
2. Brittany Wenger
The girl who taught a computer to diagnose breast cancer … in middle school
3. iPhone app developer … and 6th grader: Thomas SuarezAfter developing popular iPhone apps like “Bustin Jeiber," a whack-a-mole game, Thomas is now using his skills to help other kids learn to become developers
4- Jack AndrakaThe high school student who created a new way to detect cancer … before he could vote:
5- Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose, Naomi ShahThree girls who fight carcinogens, asthma, and chemotherapy resistance in their free time:
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