5 YouTube channels for science enthusiasts
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply prepare for subjects like maths, physics and chemistry by watching videos? What if you get to know a medium through which you can study and at the same time be entertained? Well we have some good news for you!
YouTube, the popular online video sharing platform has more to it than just streaming music and movies for you.
A lot of educators including companies, portals and publications are taking to YouTube, to offer content. Interestingly, this medium is gaining a lot of popularity as a trove of free educational resource and material are increasingly being offered on it.
To get you acquainted with the same, Shiksha.com brings you a list of some of the most popular education channels dominating Youtube with their science related content.
Minute Physics:
Styled without a space, MinutePhysics, created by Henry Reich, features a series of educational videos, which is further broadcasted through YouTube. The videos include time-lapsed drawing to explain topics related to physics in just one minute. Here, take a look at some of the most popular MinutePhysics videos with over a million views:
Crash Course (Chemistry):
Crash Course is another popular educational channel on YouTube. Launched by Hank Green and John Green, the channel is one of the 100 channels launched by YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative. The channel was launched on December 2, 2011 and the till date has a whooping number of 1.4 million subscribers and over 82 million views on its videos.
Crash course - as a channel - offers six courses, one of which is Chemistry and is taught by Hank Green.
Check out the channel below:
Brightstorm:
This online study channel on YouTube features over a hundred lessons on subjects such as chemistry, maths and biology which are designed to improve a student’s test scores. Besides these, the channel also offers short videos on subjects like Science & English.
Learn some important math shortcuts through these videos by Brightstorm:
You can also take a look at the Chemistry, Physics and Biology playlist here:
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With over 3000 videos dealing with practice problems, concept explanations and detailed test prep solutions, the channel can easily be navigated through.
The channel till now has delivered 200 million lessons to around 240,000 registered users from 200+ countries, the channel not only helps students save time but also makes learning a fun experience with knowledgeable teachers.
SciShow:
As the name suggest, the channel deals with only science related content. Hosted by Hank Green, SciShow, as an educational channel on YouTube, offers a series of science-related videos. The channel covers a range of topics from the science stream that includes physics, zoology, chemistry, botany, biology, medicine, meteorology, anthropology, entomology, astronomy, psychology, and computer science.
SciShow, besides offering videos, also discusses science news, history and concepts.
Check out some most popular SciShow videos:
Khan Academy:
Launched in the year 2006, Khan Academy is a non-profit educational website created by Salman Khan, an educator and a graduate from MIT and Harvard Business School. Besides their official website, the organization also owns a channel on YouTube that features video tutorials on wide range of subjects like mathematics, general chemistry, physics, biology, history, healthcare, medicine, finance, astronomy and computer science etc. Till date, the academy has delivered over 300,000,000 lessons which come absolutely free of cost.
The channel offers huge playlists for science subjects like physics, chemistry, biology. Take a look at them here:
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