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by lnwlebjel 1068 days ago
Mark Rober has many great and some good science and engineering videos that my kids love:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg

He get's my vote for the current best communicator of science, on par at times with Carl Sagan. This video explains neural nets/machine learning and had my kids riveted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmlRbfSavbI

We've gone down some deep lego rabbit holes, such as the great ball contraption:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCmwskpxyCg

These are pretty light but entertaining:

https://www.youtube.com/@howridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGzXtNdhjPxvCNWFme1bG0g

The latter is a guy that builds fresh water aquariums. The fact that he can do this full time for a living (via YouTube) is one of the most amazing and unlikely results of the internet (IMO).

2 comments

"Lifechanging" is how I would describe one's the first viewing of *Backyard Squirrel Maze 1.0- Ninja Warrior Course*
Another vote for Mark Rober; though better for kids who are slightly older, and especially those into science.