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!)
Some of my favs:
History/Archeology
Ancient Americas Archeology of native North & Central American peoples
Modern History TV
Townsends Exploring 18th century life
Zoology/Animal-stuff
Casual Geographic *
Moth Light Media
Lindsay Nikole *
Ze Frank’s True Facts This is the kid-friendly version of his channel
Astronomy/Astrophysics
Dr Becky
PBS Space Time
Both of these might be a bit above a pre-teen’s understanding. I would have loved these as a kid, complexity be damned.
General Science
PBS Nova
Earth Science
PBS Terra
Chemistry
ACS Reactions
Art & Literature
Great Art Explained
Great Books Explained
*: language/subject matter/style might not be a good fit for younger children.