r/ScienceTeachers 9d ago

What are your favorite YouTube channels for fun science info?

I really like kurzgesagt.

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u/AbsurdistWordist 9d ago

I really like Kursgesagt for setting the stage for a lesson.

Amoeba sisters are good for a lot of high school biology topics.

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u/eyeneedscissors61 9d ago edited 9d ago

I teach 7th grade integrated science.

Anything from PBS Digital Studios (Be Smart, Deep Look, etc.)

Stated Clearly

Crash Course Kids

Veritasium

Smarter Every Day

Metal Ball Studios

Real Science

Tom Scott

Kyle Hill

Mark Rober

Curiosity Show

Minute Earth

Vsauce

I'll also throw out there that a Discovery Plus subscription has been useful when I need to find some edutainment. Max or PBS Passport, as well.

Edit: format

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u/exstaticj 7d ago

Is Vsauce still making long form content? I have only seen shorts lately.

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u/SportsAndScience 9d ago

Stated Clearly, Jon Perry - Genetics & Evolution, TED-Ed, CrashCourse, SciShow, Amoeba Sisters, Be Smart, Tyler DeWitt, minutephysics, SmarterEveryDay, PBS Eons

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u/JaseDroid 9d ago

Kurzgesagt. Great for kids and adults!

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u/Startingtotakestocks 9d ago

Sci show with Hank Green.

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u/Unicorn_8632 9d ago

Sci show and ASAP science are my go-tos. You’ll have to really preview the ASAP science stuff though - sometimes it’s a little more “adult” oriented.

Tyler Dewitt and Paul Anderson are also great.

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u/tbaier101 9d ago

Veritasium and Minutephysics are hard to beat.

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u/nonidentifyingu-n 9d ago

The Royal Institution has some fun lectures/demos.

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u/Maverick21FM 9d ago

PBS Eons SciShow

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u/GildedAgeFlowerChild 9d ago

I just found Huge If True, and it's really entertaining! The two episodes I watched contained actual interviews with scientists to go along with animations and such. I plan on using it in the classroom soon.

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u/Whose_my_daddy 9d ago

Amoeba Sisters or Hank Green

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u/jan0009683 9d ago

Ann Reardon can be quite fun with some of her experiments and debunking, but her husband gives me massive creepy vibes.

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u/RealisticSecretary52 8d ago

Veritasium, Vsauce, Anton petrov

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u/NormativeNancy 8d ago

Anton is great, really appreciate seeing someone show him love in one of these sorts of posts lol

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u/stem_factually 8d ago

I am a PhD chemist and former professor, and I have a science podcast on YouTube. It has a variety of episodes that incorporate STEM topics into the day-to-day topics kids encounter. There's content for all age groups, and I also have informational episodes on topics such as how to choose a college, what is grad school in STEM, etc. 

I do this for outreach, so it is ad free and not monetized. Makes it easier to listen in the classroom or at home with kids without annoying ad interruptions. 

https://m.youtube.com/@STEMFactually/podcasts

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u/alextound 9d ago

Matt pat food theory

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u/donothurryme 9d ago

for general science stories, i really like this creator: https://www.youtube.com/cleoabram
Her shorts are also great and accessible for students
I'm based in the UK, and cogntio is great for high school science: https://www.youtube.com/@Cognitoedu

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u/NormativeNancy 8d ago

ScienceClic

Please trust me.

Also, Physics Videos by Eugene Khurotsky (I probably spelled it wrong but by the time you get to the K I guarantee it’ll autocomplete the search properly lol)

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u/SoroushTorkian 8d ago

It depends on the grade level.

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u/ahazred8vt 6d ago

For fun: Leonard Nimoy in 'Interior Motive' (KET/PBS) Sherlock Holmes the scientific detective analyzes the Earth with geophysics and seismology. Part of the 'The Universe And I' series.

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u/iamsinsanity 8d ago

Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson