4 Great YouTube Channels That Provide Intelligent Content for Students

April 5, 2015
For today’s post, we have curated for you 4 interesting YouTube channels to recommend to your students.These popular educational channels feature educative videos ideal for inclusion in classroom instruction. Students can  use them independently to expand their knowledge and push the limits of their intellectual curiosity. The content shared on these channels is adequately challenging for students and will definitely benefit their cognitive growth and raise their critical awareness to a wide range of topical subjects.

1- Crash Course

In this channel, teachers John and Hank Green provide some excellent video explanations and tutorials on a variety of topics related to World History, Biology, Literature, Ecology, Chemistry, and US History.

2- Minute Physics

This is one of the most popular educational channels on YouTube with over 2 millions subscribers. MinutePhysics, created by Henry Reich, features a plethora of professionally designed videos explaining different scientific phenomena. Some of the topics it covered include: gravity, uncertainty principle, dar matter, and many more.

3- Smarter Every Day

As its name indicates, this YouTube channel, operated by Scott, provides an interesting collection of videos featuring smart and practical explanations of scientific phenomena.

4- SciShow

This is another wonderful YouTube channel that provides video explanations of challenging concepts. Some of the topics it covered in the past include: Do plans get cancer? How do my fingerprints form? The science behind that dress and many more.

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8 Good YouTube Channels for Teachers

March 11, 2015
Popular Culture has this wonderful list  featuring a wide collection of some useful YouTube channels that you could probably recommend for your students. The channels suggested in this list cover various content areas and are arranged into two main categories: general and university collection. Below are some of the channels  that stood out to us from  the general category. These are channels that provide inspiring videos on different intellectual subjects. We invite you to check them out and as always, share with us what you think of them.

Big Think

"Big Think is the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content -- with thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, we help you get smarter, faster. We aim to help you explore the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century, so you can apply them to the questions and challenges in your own life."

GoogleTalks

"The Talks at Google program brings authors, musicians, innovators, and speakers of all stripes to Google for talks centering on their recently published books and capturing the popular and intellectual zeitgeist of the day."

American Museum of Natural History
"The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition. The Museum is renowned for its exhibitions and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world's cultures."

Edutopia
"Welcome to Edutopia's YouTube channel. It provides videos about what's working in K - 12 education. Whether you're curious about about project-based learning, integrating tech tools, or social and emotional learning practices, we've got you covered. "

The Library of Congress
"Timeless treasures and contemporary presentations from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. As the world's preeminent reservoir of knowledge, we are the steward of millions of recordings dating from the earliest Edison films to the present. In addition, we sponsor events, lectures and concerts that are free and open to the public. More about the Library: http://www.loc.gov/about"

YouTube EDU
"Whether you're doing research for a project, need help with homework, or just want to learn something new, YouTube EDU features some of our most popular educational videos across YouTube."

TED Talks
"TEDTalks shares the best ideas from the TED Conference with the world, for free: trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses, all giving the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. "

The American Museum of Natural History
"The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education and exhibition. The Museum is renowned for its exhibitions and scientific collections, which serve as a field guide to the entire planet and present a panorama of the world's cultures."

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Terrific YouTube Channel for Arts Teachers

February, 2015
In today’s post, I am sharing with you this cool YouTube channel titled ShooRayner Drawing. This channel provides a variety of instructional videos to help students and kids (and anyone else interested in drawing) learn to draw better. Videos are created by artist and children’s book author and illustrator Shoo Rayner. I have spent sometime sifting through some of these drawing videos and found them really interesting. You could probably use these videos with your own students to teach them how to draw different things. Most importantly, the videos provide kids a very solid starting basis into the concept of drawing which will, once mastered, enable them to create gorgeous drawings of  anything they want.

There is also a section for artists and advanced creators where Rayner shares interesting pieces of advice about drawing and being a creative person. Here is a sample of Rayner's work. This is a video explanation on how to draw cartoon style people.

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A Good YouTube Channel for History Teachers

December 12, 2014
That Was History is an educational YouTube channel for history teachers. The channel provides short stories of history events delivered in a fun and informative way. Videos in That Was History  cover different topics across various categories including : Military History, World History, US History, Political History, Entertainment History and more.

That Was History releases new videos three times a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. It also features various series that include This Day In History, History Rewrite (Alternate History), History Deja Vu, and "top lists" to rank events from history. This channel could be a very good resource of educational videos that history teachers can use in class with students.

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