①At 15, Gitanjali Rao is a scientist and an inventor. This week, Time magazine picked her as its first Kid of the Year.
②Gitanjali is a teenager from Colorado. When she was 10, she watched the news about Flint, Michigan. People had a hard time finding clean water. The water in their homes had lead in it. Lead is a chemical that can make people sick.
③She began working on a device to test water. It connects to an app on a phone. It tells people it water is safe to drink. Gitanjali won an award for the invention when she was 11.
④Gitanjali also created an app called Kindly. She made it to help stop bullying online. Kindly uses artificial intelligence(AD). This is an approach that uses code. It teaches a machine to spot patterns and make decisions. Kindly can spot words that are mean(刻薄的).
⑤Over time, Gitanjali's goal changed. _________. She wants to connect with other students, too. "It's not easy when you don't see anyone else like you," she said.
⑥She partners with schools and museums around the world. Her workshops help students create their own inventions. She's guided more than 30,000 students so far.
⑦Along with Gitanjali, there are four other talented kids of the year. Tyler Gordon, 14, is an artist. Jordan Reeves, 14, is a designer and activist. Bellen Woodard, 10, is the world's first crayon activist. And lan McKenna, 16, is a youth hunger activist. Each of them will receive a prize. They will also be able to write for the magazine.
⑧Andrea Delbanco is the Time for Kids editor. She says these everyday kids are helping their communities in an important way. "Small steps can lead to big change," she said.
