Series

SciShow Kids

539 episodes

The kids branch of the SciShow family, running three to six minutes an episode with a host, props, and a demonstration. Animals dominate, with dogs, cats, bats, reindeer, cows, dolphins, anglerfish, and snakes usually framed as one body part and the job it does. The rest spreads across habitats and how their living things depend on each other, fossils and Ice Age giants, volcanoes, eclipses, the human body, and hands-on demos like dissolving an eggshell in vinegar. Short enough to open a science block or fill the last minutes before a bell, and specific enough that kids can name what they learned afterward.

what this series covers

What SciShow Kids covers

539 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Science, Health and Technology. Between them they line up with 63 distinct standards across 6 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 219
1st: 363
2nd: 506
3rd: 528
4th: 344
5th: 219

Episodes per subject

Science: 539
Health: 74
Technology: 43
Social Studies: 10

NGSS (Science) 45

1-LS1-1Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
2-LS4-1Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
1-ESS1-1Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
5-ESS1-1Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.
2-ESS1-1Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
4-ESS2-1Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.

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4-LS1-1Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
K-LS1-1Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
2-LS2-1Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
3-LS4-1Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
4-ESS1-1Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
K-ESS2-1Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
2-ESS2-3Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid.
2-PS1-4Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
3-ESS2-1Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
3-LS4-3Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
5-ESS2-2Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
K-PS2-1Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
4-LS1-2Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.
K-ESS3-3Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
3-LS2-1Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
3-PS2-1Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
3-LS4-4Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
2-LS2-2Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
2-PS1-1Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
5-LS2-1Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
1-LS1-2Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.
4-PS3-2Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
1-PS4-1Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
K-PS3-1Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth's surface.
1-PS4-4Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
1-ESS1-2Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
1-PS4-2Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated.
3-LS1-1Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
3-PS2-3Ask questions to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
4-PS4-2Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
5-PS1-4Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.
3-PS2-4Define a simple design problem that can be solved by applying scientific ideas about magnets.
5-ESS1-2Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
K-2-ETS1-1Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
3-ESS3-1Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
3-LS4-2Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
4-ESS2-2Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth's features.
4-PS4-1Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
5-PS1-3Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.

Common Core — Math 1

2.MD.A.1Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 2

D2.His.12.K-2Generate questions about a particular historical source as it relates to a particular historical event or development.
D2.His.9.3-5Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.

National Health Education 7

NHES.1Standard 1: Students comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.
NHES.1.2.6List ways to take part in healthy practices, such as brushing teeth daily.
NHES.1.2.1Recognize that health has several dimensions — physical, social, emotional, and intellectual.
NHES.1.2.5Identify practices that prevent or reduce health risks, such as handwashing.
NHES.3.2.5Discuss reasons for going to a health appointment (eye doctor, dentist, pediatrician).
NHES.7.2.1Demonstrate age-appropriate observable health and safety practices.

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NHES.1.2.2Identify benefits of practicing health-promoting behaviors.

ISTE (Technology) 5

ISTE.1.4.aDesign process: follow a deliberate design process to generate ideas and possible solutions.
ISTE.1.1.dTechnology fundamentals: understand how the technology you use works, and try out new tools confidently.
ISTE.1.4.cPrototypes: build, test, and improve prototypes through cycles of revision.
ISTE.1.4.bDesign constraints: choose digital tools with an eye to limits, tradeoffs, and calculated risks.
ISTE.1.4.dOpen-ended problems: stick with problems that have no single right answer.

ITEEA STEL (Technology & Engineering) 3

STEL-1DDiscuss the roles of scientists, engineers, technologists, and others who work with technology.
STEL-4DSelect ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources in daily life.
STEL-7CExplain that design is a response to wants and needs.

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