What Are Your Favorite Science Media Resources To Engage Students as You Design Learning Experiences?

“Clutter is a failure of design, not an attribute of information.” —Edward Tufte

I was inspired over the break to spend some time exploring media sources that I hope to use to engage my students in 2022. I focused my exploration mainly on videos in YouTube, but I also found a few new websites and podcasts. I even found several amazing sites dedicated to science images. 

YouTube

• Veritsaium YouTube Channel
• SciShow YouTube Channel & SciShow Kids
• CrashCourse YouTube Channel
• SmarterEveryDay YouTube Channel
• thebrainscoop
• It's Okay To Be Smart
• Science with Tyler DeWitt YouTube Channel
• Seeker YouTube Channel
• Big Think YouTube Channel
• minutephysics YouTube Channel
• Simon Clark YouTube Channel
• Science Channel YouTube Channel
• TheBackyardScientist
• Naked Science
• Jason Learning

Podcasts

• But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids
• Nerdette Podcast
• SciShow Tangents
• WFIU: A Moment of Science
• ScienceVS
• The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
• TED Talks Science and Medicine 
• Discovery by the BBC
• Wow in the World

Websites

• Science News Online Magazine
• Science Friday
• Wonderopolis
• Science Daily
• Classhook
• Science and Innovation - National Geographic
• Science 360
• Science - The Atlantic
• Science - The New York Times
• LiveScience
• Science News for Students

There are many great images that can be explored in the resources above, but I also wanted to share a few resources I discovered with an emphasis on photos and images.

Images

• Science Photo Library 
• Pixabay Photos - Science
  
• Science Source Stock Photos & Video
• Unsplash Photos Science

Looking for a bit more science? Here are a few other posts connected to teaching, learning, and science that might be worth exploring.

• Professional Development Resources for Science Educators
• Google Science Journal