YouTube has grown phenomenally as a platform for people to share videos about anything and everything since its inception.It contains homemade videos of funny cats to high quality narratives of the world. It is now helping millions of students around the world to learn science in ways that is different from that of classrooms or textbooks.
Here are some of the best science channels that YouTube has to offer that you must watch if you are interested in science.
Veritasium
The channel run by a PhD holder in Physics education, Derek Muller offers a wide range of enquiries from the fields of science. The channels not only provides a clear explanations of everyday scientific processes but also features the host's travels around the world for science, making the viewer experience entertaining.The quality of the production and the depth in content guarantee this channel's presence in any top 10 lists. The name Veritasium is derived from 'Veritas' which mean truth in Latin by adding a common chemical element suffix 'ium' making the channel 'An element of Truth' and I have to agree the channel is true to its name.
Smarter Everyday
Smarter Everyday follows Destin Sandlin's exploration of the world using science. Destin runs a very successful YouTube channel along with his full time job as a rocket engineer and his duties to his family of wife and four kids who also makes an appearance or two in the videos.The channel showcases a personal experiences of sciences rather than full crew productions without compromising on quality or uniqueness. His passion for space and flight is visible in his playlists along with 'backward brain bicycle', 'mystery of Prince Rupert's drops' and 'tattooing in slow motion'.You don't want to miss out on the journeys of a man whose questions are often answered by astronauts up from the International Space Station.
Dnews
This channel is aimed at answering the everyday questions through scientific methods. Dnews which stands for 'Discovery News' creates contents that lead the viewers to discover something new every week. The videos include "Why do humans have big brains?","Is there a Formula behind good music?","what makes aeroplanes light enough to fly?" and much more.The short and quick answer to the burning questions makes the channel different than many others in this list.
Khan Academy
The mission of this channel being part of the non profit organisation by the same name is to provide a world-class education for anyone, anywhere. The channel contains thousands of video lectures from a wide spectrum of academic subjects. This channel unlike the many in the list do not provide a popularized version of science but clear and concise introduction to complex concepts and feature full subject series as well.Khan academy was responsible for putting its creator Sal Khan in the "100 most influential people" list by Time magazine in 2012.
AsapSCIENCE
The creators Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown brings out the science behind a variety of topics through colourful drawings and animations on a white board.There videos often contains relevant and entertaining take on popular misconceptions and what science has to offer. Their video 'What colour is that dress(SOLVED with SCIENCE)" was highly viewed during the the viral internet phenomenon "The dress". The fact that a same-sex couple having a successful science channel in YouTube is not only an inspiration for the minorities but also shed light on the fact that science is not biased on the grounds of gender, age , nationality or sexual orientation.
Periodic Videos
This University of Nottingham channel is about all things chemistry from chemical elements to cool experiments that will blow your mind.They also have videos about each of the elements on the periodic table.Most of times they feature the opinions and explanations of Sir Martyn Poliakoff and other professors of the university.The videos are by Brady Haran who also have other channels like 'Sixty Symbols', 'Numberphile' and 'Deep sky videos' with emphasis on physics , mathematics and astronomy respectively. All of them are equally brilliant and exciting to watch.
Vsauce
Vsauce provide a very interesting mix of science, philosophy, existentialism and everyday trivia that puts a train of thoughts in the viewer's mind that lasts longer than the videos.The host Michael Stevens usually starts off with a fact or a question and diverge into a wide aspects of the subject matter, which is supported by a very thorough research that has been put into each of his videos.The topics are sometimes simple but very profound.
TED-Ed
This extension of the TED mission to spread great ideas, utilizes the expertise of scientists,artists,animators and story tellers into making amazing animated videos on literally everything under the sun. The short videos are simple and understandable even to young audiences due to its narrative style. The channel also have a playlist of logical riddles that you can solve at your free time on internet making them fun and educating.
SciShow
Scishow is one of the many channels curated by the very successful YouTube personalities, Green Brothers. The channel puts up a video everyday for your daily dose of science.The channel features quick questions, count downs, science news, interviews and much more making the channel a mix bag of treats. SciShow is definitely one of the famous science channels on YouTube.
MIT OpenCourseWare
This Initiative of Massachusetts Institute of Technology puts all its educational contents from undergraduate , postgraduate online courses free and openly available to the internet and MIT was one of the first universities to do that.The channel provides interested students a gateway to more rigorous method of learning the science through its chronologically arranged lecture series on subjects of STEM(Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics).This provides world class education from some of the best minds on the planet , accessible for anyone with a decent internet connection.
The world is a big place full of interesting stuff to be explored and learned but not everyone can travel and have a first hand experience of them. But that limitation can be overcome by a willingness to learn as there are many a ways you can do that through internet.
Here are some of the best science channels that YouTube has to offer that you must watch if you are interested in science.
Veritasium
The channel run by a PhD holder in Physics education, Derek Muller offers a wide range of enquiries from the fields of science. The channels not only provides a clear explanations of everyday scientific processes but also features the host's travels around the world for science, making the viewer experience entertaining.The quality of the production and the depth in content guarantee this channel's presence in any top 10 lists. The name Veritasium is derived from 'Veritas' which mean truth in Latin by adding a common chemical element suffix 'ium' making the channel 'An element of Truth' and I have to agree the channel is true to its name.
Smarter Everyday
Smarter Everyday follows Destin Sandlin's exploration of the world using science. Destin runs a very successful YouTube channel along with his full time job as a rocket engineer and his duties to his family of wife and four kids who also makes an appearance or two in the videos.The channel showcases a personal experiences of sciences rather than full crew productions without compromising on quality or uniqueness. His passion for space and flight is visible in his playlists along with 'backward brain bicycle', 'mystery of Prince Rupert's drops' and 'tattooing in slow motion'.You don't want to miss out on the journeys of a man whose questions are often answered by astronauts up from the International Space Station.
Dnews
This channel is aimed at answering the everyday questions through scientific methods. Dnews which stands for 'Discovery News' creates contents that lead the viewers to discover something new every week. The videos include "Why do humans have big brains?","Is there a Formula behind good music?","what makes aeroplanes light enough to fly?" and much more.The short and quick answer to the burning questions makes the channel different than many others in this list.
Khan Academy
The mission of this channel being part of the non profit organisation by the same name is to provide a world-class education for anyone, anywhere. The channel contains thousands of video lectures from a wide spectrum of academic subjects. This channel unlike the many in the list do not provide a popularized version of science but clear and concise introduction to complex concepts and feature full subject series as well.Khan academy was responsible for putting its creator Sal Khan in the "100 most influential people" list by Time magazine in 2012.
AsapSCIENCE
The creators Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown brings out the science behind a variety of topics through colourful drawings and animations on a white board.There videos often contains relevant and entertaining take on popular misconceptions and what science has to offer. Their video 'What colour is that dress(SOLVED with SCIENCE)" was highly viewed during the the viral internet phenomenon "The dress". The fact that a same-sex couple having a successful science channel in YouTube is not only an inspiration for the minorities but also shed light on the fact that science is not biased on the grounds of gender, age , nationality or sexual orientation.
Periodic Videos
This University of Nottingham channel is about all things chemistry from chemical elements to cool experiments that will blow your mind.They also have videos about each of the elements on the periodic table.Most of times they feature the opinions and explanations of Sir Martyn Poliakoff and other professors of the university.The videos are by Brady Haran who also have other channels like 'Sixty Symbols', 'Numberphile' and 'Deep sky videos' with emphasis on physics , mathematics and astronomy respectively. All of them are equally brilliant and exciting to watch.
Vsauce
Vsauce provide a very interesting mix of science, philosophy, existentialism and everyday trivia that puts a train of thoughts in the viewer's mind that lasts longer than the videos.The host Michael Stevens usually starts off with a fact or a question and diverge into a wide aspects of the subject matter, which is supported by a very thorough research that has been put into each of his videos.The topics are sometimes simple but very profound.
TED-Ed
This extension of the TED mission to spread great ideas, utilizes the expertise of scientists,artists,animators and story tellers into making amazing animated videos on literally everything under the sun. The short videos are simple and understandable even to young audiences due to its narrative style. The channel also have a playlist of logical riddles that you can solve at your free time on internet making them fun and educating.
SciShow
Scishow is one of the many channels curated by the very successful YouTube personalities, Green Brothers. The channel puts up a video everyday for your daily dose of science.The channel features quick questions, count downs, science news, interviews and much more making the channel a mix bag of treats. SciShow is definitely one of the famous science channels on YouTube.
MIT OpenCourseWare
This Initiative of Massachusetts Institute of Technology puts all its educational contents from undergraduate , postgraduate online courses free and openly available to the internet and MIT was one of the first universities to do that.The channel provides interested students a gateway to more rigorous method of learning the science through its chronologically arranged lecture series on subjects of STEM(Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics).This provides world class education from some of the best minds on the planet , accessible for anyone with a decent internet connection.
The world is a big place full of interesting stuff to be explored and learned but not everyone can travel and have a first hand experience of them. But that limitation can be overcome by a willingness to learn as there are many a ways you can do that through internet.
I do see some my favourite YouTube channels on the list but I wish "minute physics" made to the list.
ReplyDeletePlease do an Honorable mentions section in this. Please please please.
ReplyDeletevery interesting....!
ReplyDeleteGood to know about so many channels. Really interesting.
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