Here's a cool story about an Oakland teen that started a non-profit to show kids how science is fun and now he's been accepted to his dream school.
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Babysitting led to Kits Cubed
The inspiration for Kits Cubed was Muhammad's own family.
He was babysitting his niece and nephew when he decided that the activity of choice for the day would be a science experiment.
Almost immediately, Muhammad was met with resistance. His nephew told him outright that he hated science because he was bad at it. "He literally loved everything, and then when I brought up science, he doubted himself," Muhammad said of his nephew. "He didn't believe in himself anymore."
Muhammad was not going to let his nephew's self-doubt continue, so he decided to use simple science experiments to convince him, as well as his niece, that he was not bad at science.
"We went to the store together and I had them pick out potatoes, and then I went to the hardware store to buy some copper nails, some galvanized nails and some wire and we made a battery out of it," he said.
In the end, Muhammad was successful in convincing his nephew that he was not bad at science. "He actually likes science now," he said.
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"I want them to walk away with the knowledge and the confidence that they can be a scientist, even if they don't want to be a scientist," said Muhammad. "My nephew told me he's bad at science. He doesn't like it. I want to sort of eliminate that thought, and replace it with, 'I'm good at science and I can be a scientist if I want to.' That's what I really want them to get out of it."
This California teen started a nonprofit to help kids learn about science. He just got accepted into Stanford
By Simret Aklilu, CNN (CNN) -- Every year, high school seniors anxiously wait for college admissions letters, hoping they get accepted into their dream schools. Ahmed Muhammad was one of them.So when M
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Babysitting led to Kits Cubed
The inspiration for Kits Cubed was Muhammad's own family.
He was babysitting his niece and nephew when he decided that the activity of choice for the day would be a science experiment.
Almost immediately, Muhammad was met with resistance. His nephew told him outright that he hated science because he was bad at it. "He literally loved everything, and then when I brought up science, he doubted himself," Muhammad said of his nephew. "He didn't believe in himself anymore."
Muhammad was not going to let his nephew's self-doubt continue, so he decided to use simple science experiments to convince him, as well as his niece, that he was not bad at science.
"We went to the store together and I had them pick out potatoes, and then I went to the hardware store to buy some copper nails, some galvanized nails and some wire and we made a battery out of it," he said.
In the end, Muhammad was successful in convincing his nephew that he was not bad at science. "He actually likes science now," he said.
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"I want them to walk away with the knowledge and the confidence that they can be a scientist, even if they don't want to be a scientist," said Muhammad. "My nephew told me he's bad at science. He doesn't like it. I want to sort of eliminate that thought, and replace it with, 'I'm good at science and I can be a scientist if I want to.' That's what I really want them to get out of it."
