I’ve been a long user of YouTube and even made a video or two for different assignments. In order to convince myself it’s not a “waste of time” I’ve subscribed to many Educational YouTube Channels and they are all amazing with the content shared on them. Below is a list of my recommendations for what you can subscribe to if you are interested in learning more at home or when travelling.
- Smarter Every Day : Great all round science channel
- Mark Rober : Ex-NASA Engineer making amazing projects
- Steve Mould : Interesting Scientific observations explained
- Veritasium : Very good Scientific explanations in most fields
- Tom Scott : “Things you might not know” about the world around you
- TED-Ed : Animated lessons through science, culture and history
- Journey to the Microcosmos : seeing life under the microscope in incredible detail. There are whole worlds left to explore
- It’s Okay To Be Smart : Interesting Scientific observations explained
- TheBackyardScientist : Backyard chemist playing with Science
- Periodic Videos : Expert Chemists discussing and demoing elements
- Real Engineering : Explains how things work
- Practical Engineering : Explains how things work..
- Engineerguy : Explains how things work…. very interestingly
- Because Science : Great visuals to explain things with Science
- Standupmaths : Matt Parker explaining the maths around us
- New Mind : covers simple topics in a complex way
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell : great animation to explain concepts
- PBS Eons : Step back through time to understand the fossil record
- Science Channel : Hosts Mythbusters Jr and other Science docos
- Minute Physics : Quick explanations of physics topics
- MinuteEarth : Quick explanations of earth and environment topics
- MindYourDecisions : Challenging maths questions
- Free School : simple to digest science videos
- SciShow : answers questions about anything and everything science
- SciShow Space : answers questions about space science
- Life Noggin : animated what if videos with science explanations
- Today I Found Out : lessons on things that you can learn daily
- AsapSCIENCE : animated science videos that answer some awkward questions in a safe and interesting way
- Amoeba Sisters : animated lessons in biology
- Should be more than enough to get you started…