11 Great Science YouTube Channels

Need some independent options for learning science at home? YouTube science channels to the rescue! 

Here are 11 great YouTube channels for learning science at home.

(Helpful Hint: You can go to "Playlists" on any of these channels to see a more organized format for all of that channel's videos.)

(Disclaimer: I do not have experience with every single channel on this list. As far as I can tell, these channels are all appropriate for students, but if not please let me know and I will remove it from the list! The ones I have personal experience with are The Action Lab, Smarter Every Day, Physics Girl, The Sci Guys, and Mark Rober.)

• The Action Lab. "The Action Lab is a channel dedicated to performing exciting experiments and answering questions you never thought to ask! I'll put things in my hydraulic press, vacuum chamber and perform countless other experiments just to watch cool phenomenon." The creator of this channel has a PhD in Chemical Engineering. We love his videos!

• Smarter Every Day.  "I explore the world using science. That's pretty much all there is to it. Watch 2 videos. If you learn something AWESOME, please subscribe if you feel like I earned it." We have really enjoyed this channel's videos. 

• Physics Girl. "Physics Girl is a YouTube channel created by Dianna Cowern that adventures into the physical sciences with experiments, demonstrations, and cool new discoveries. Physics Girl has videos for every atom and eve." She has some really great videos.

• Crash Course Kids. "Welcome to Crash Course Kids! This bi-weekly show from the producers of Crash Course is all about gradeschool science. We'll look at Earth, Habitats, Space, Chemical Reactions, Engineering, and much much more with host Sabrina Cruz."

• The Sci Guys. "The goal of our YouTube channel is to explore, educate, and spread all the amazing wonders of science with everyone young and old. Our first series is Science at Home. Which will focus on experiments and demonstrations that can be completed from home either by yourself or with your family. We will explain the science behind each of the experiments, what supplies you need and how to do the experiments yourself."

• Applied Science. "Subscribe to see interesting applications of science and technology. You'll see how an electron microscope was built in a home shop, how an X-ray backscatter system works, how to make aerogel, and many other hi-tech projects. Topics usually include electromechanical systems, chemistry, and electronics." 

• Minute Physics. "Simply put: cool physics and other sweet science. "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." ~Rutherford via Einstein? (wikiquote)"

• The Backyard Scientist. "I like to make videos on all the crazy stuff I do. From exploding arrows, to making instruments, molten aluminum to science/chemistry experiments - I do it so you don't have to!" 

• Periodic Videos. "Your ultimate channel for all things chemistry. A video about each element on the periodic table. And we upload new videos every week about science news, interesting molecules and other stuff from the world of chemistry."

• Mark Rober. "Former NASA engineer. Current YouTuber and friend of science." Mark has some pretty cool (and crazy!) videos.

• Make Science Fun. "Science and Engineering based videos aimed to Excite, Engage and Educate."