Little People with Big Ideas: Kids with big achievements in STEM

Did you know that you don't have to wait until you are grown up to use your big ideas?  Meet some kids that have had big success with STEM at young ages!

1. 14 year old Kedar Narayan (aka Little Code Ninja) came up with the idea for a game to teach kids the fundamentals of coding when he was five years old.  His parents suggested he look into learning coding because he loved to play video games.  His board game StoriBot is designed with visually impaired players in mind, by using 3-D playing pieces and braille.

2. Lydia Denton is a 16 year old engineer who uses her personal challenges to inspire her inventions.  She invented a "halcyon bracelet" that tracks the users body movements associated with anxiety and gives an alert when they have reverted back to body-centered recurrent movements.  She also invented a "Beat the Heat Car Seat" that can tell when a child has been left in a car and initiates a call to emergency services.  She is passionate about inspiring other women and girls in STEM.

3. 16 year old Zidaan Kapoor has life-threatening food allergies that have caused serious reactions and landed him in the hospital.  Because of this, his mental health has suffered due to food allergy anxiety.  This led him to develop an app called Fight Fears to help other kids suffering from food intolerance anxieties.  The app gives users individualized challenges to help them overcome their fears in an engaging way.

4. Sanjith Udupa, 17, volunteered to help start and sustain FIRST Tech Challenge teams in inner-city Detroit.  This program encourages kids to design and create competition robots.  He also runs programming workshops for kids around the world and runs a YouTube channel.

Do you know a kid who is making big waves in STEM?  Tell us about them!
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