cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca/p/2196841/what-are-some-awesome-science-youtube-channels-for-preteens
I have a younger sibling who watches YouTube all day, and I have just installed (among other things, including Fedora KDE!) FreeTube on their laptop, and it has a convenient profiles feature to separate, for instance, educational and not so educational content.
What are some good sciencey channels that are easy to follow and are run be nice people (rather than bots or similar)? I’ve got SciShow, Clint’s Reptiles, and a few others already, but what are some good ones that you all know? They are currently interested in animals, particularly sea creatures and reptiles, but other topics are fun too (history, chemistry, CS, whatever are all good!)
I don’t know if these will appeal to someone that young, but you can have my short list of good educational content for your consideration:
- https://youtube.com/@smartereveryday
- https://youtube.com/@veritasium
- https://youtube.com/@crashcourse
- https://youtube.com/@tastinghistory
- https://youtube.com/@practicalengineeringchannel
- https://youtube.com/@brancheducation
- https://youtube.com/@asianometry
- https://youtube.com/@coolbugfacts
- https://youtube.com/@halfasinteresting
- https://youtube.com/@tomscottgo
- https://youtube.com/@chubbyemu
- https://youtube.com/@computerphile
- https://youtube.com/@appliedscience
- https://youtube.com/@standupmaths
- https://youtube.com/@theb1m
- https://youtube.com/@britishmuseum
I also second steve mould
Now keep in mind it’s been years since my son was young. But Mark Rober is pretty entertaining, the backyard scientist used to be one of my son’s favorites (though looks like he hasn’t been active in a about 5 years, but he’s got a pretty good back catalog),
Mark Rober is pretty entertaining
but superficial on science.
Not speaking for this specific channel but sometimes you need a topic related entertainment to become passionate about the topic and latter dig deeper. Especially with kids.
