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General Science Resources: Videos

The Amoeba Sisters

Two sisters on a mission to demystify science with humor and relevance by creating videos, on high school biology topics.

ASAPScience

Making science make sense (by Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown)

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Bill Nye has videos on what helps you balance on a bike, how the brain works, and full clips on things like heat and insects.

The BrainScoop

Emily, Chief Curiosity Correspondent for the Field Museum in Chicago shares the work and research of natural history museums with the world.

Chris Hadfield's Snapshots from Space 4:04

Crash Course

Tons of awesome courses in one awesome channel! These videos are at a high school level.

Crash Course Kids

Crash Course Kids is a bi-weekly show from the producers of Crash Course is all about grade school science. They look at Earth, Habitats, Space, Chemical Reactions, Engineering, and much more.

Deep Look

DEEP LOOK is a science video series that explores big science by going very, very small, from KQED and PBS Digital Studios. We use macro photography and microscopy in glorious 4K resolution, to see science up close ... really, really close.

Doctor Mad Science

DoctorMadScience is an online youtube channel of simple science experiments, hosted by a 15 year old autistic boy named Jordan.

 

The experiments use household products because science is everywhere!. All the videos are hosted, edited, and uploaded by Jordan.

Fun Science Demos

With new videos monthly, FunScienceDemos brings engaging demonstrations in a broad range of Earth/Space Science, Physical Science, Life Science, Science Practices and Engineering topics.

Gross Science

Bizarre stories from the slimy, smelly, creepy world of science. New episodes every Monday! Created by Anna Rothschild.

Houston Zoo

Check out the Houston Zoo YouTube channel. YouTube often gives kids (and adults) access to many popular educational attractions that are too far away to visit in person.

It's Okay to Be Smart

Joe Hanson, Ph.D. is a curious group of atoms in a curious universe, and he's here to tell you how it all works

Jane Goodall Institute

Interviews with scientists, community members, and filmmakers.Footage of chimpanzee behavior, wildlife sanctuaries, and human caretakers. Programs for local community action with Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots.

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Videos explaining things with optimistic nihilism. They are a small team who want to make science look beautiful. Because it is beautiful.

Make


 

Make: brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. Make: is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home.

Mark Rober

Former NASA and Apple engineer. Current YouTuber and friend of science.

Minute Earth

 

Science and stories about our awesome planet! 

Minute Physics

Simply put: cool physics and other sweet science. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." ~Rutherford

NASA Channel

The NASA channel covers all things involving space exploration. This is a fascinating look at life inside a space station–press conferences where the agency discusses news as it happens. The channel has up-close looks at space and space exploration. Each week, there’s an update on the trending stories around NASA.

NASAeClips

NASA eClips(TM) are short, relevant educational video segments, designed for a spectrum of learners.

National Geographic

Inspiring people to care about the planet! National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.

Operation Ouch

Operation Ouch is packed with incredible facts about the human body and fronted by identical twins Dr.Chris and Dr. Xand van Tulleken who experiment and explore their way through the fascinating world of medicine and biology. This channel will de-mistify hospitals for younger viewers; no longer will the hospital be a "scary" place to go as we learn all the exciting things that go on there. Chris and Xand will let the viewer into their exclusive world of medicine and explain the awesome things our bodies can do!

PBS Eons

Join hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age.

Periodic Videos

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Your ultimate channel for all things chemistry. A video about each element on the periodic table. New videos every week about science news, interesting molecules and other stuff from the world of chemistry.

Physics Girl

Physics Girl is a YouTube channel created by Dianna Cowern that adventures into the physical sciences with experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries.

SciShow

SciShow explores the unexpected. Seven days a week, Hank Green, Michael Aranda, and Olivia Gordon delve into the scientific subjects that defy our expectations and make us even more curious!

Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers

The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers is an Emmy-nominated web series and site from PBS’s NOVA. This is where you can learn about cutting-edge science and engineering, the amazing people who do that work, and the things they do when their lab coats come off.

Sick Science!

These are all experiments that can be done in the comfort of the home with an adult present, and use materials you can find at home. Some of these experiments are meant to gross out the person seeing it like the perfect fake blood videos. Others are fascinating or cool like the sugar rainbow with food coloring and sugar or magnetic slime using school glue and borax.

Smart Girls

Not just for girls! This channel has lots of great STEM and Sustainability news, project ideas, and panel discussions.

Socratica

Socratica makes high-quality educational videos on math and science.

Taskmaster

YouTube channel with engineering design challenges to do at home.

TED-ED

Many TEDEd videos are related to the world of science. Beautiful animations, and cool activities and quizzes, too!

Veritasium

An element of truth - videos about science, education, and anything else he finds interesting. Many videos on physics topics.

VSauce

Our World is Amazing. The channel features videos on scientific, psychological, mathematical, and philosophical topics, as well as gaming, technology, popular culture, and other general interest subjects.

World Wildlife Federation

Videos and news about endangered wildlife, conservation, and biodiversity. 

 

WhizKidScience

Fort Whiz started making videos when he was 8 and am now 14 years old. He loves making videos because they are fun and he's saving money for college. He has a younger brother and sister who have joined him in a few videos! Welcome to his channel full of easy kids science experiments that you can do at home! 

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