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Channels and Subscribing
You can subscribe to channels you like to see more content from those channels. You can find a Subscribe button under any YouTube video or on a channel's page. Once you subscribe to a channel, any new videos it publishes will show up in your Subscriptions feed.
You may also start getting notifications when a channel you subscribe to publishes new content. By default, we’ll only send you the highlights from the channel.
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Education Channels to check out:
Elementary
Sesame Street: Sesame Street’s YouTube Channel features all your favorite monsters and playlists such as Monster Yoga, Animal Fun, Learn Colors, and playlists for all kids’ favorite characters.
Khan Academy Kids: Khan Academy Kids is a new channel from Khan Academy that has content specifically for children ages 2-7 focusing on circle time activities
Khan Academy: Khan Academy has instructional videos for math, science & engineering, chemistry, biology, the arts/humanities, and coding. They are probably most famous for their math support which ranges from identifying shapes and early addition and subtraction, all the way up to calculus.
Crash Course Kids: Crash Course kids is a bi-weekly show that is all about elementary school science! Videos include gravity, matter, food chains, space, non-newtonian fluids, AND MORE!
SciShow: Scishow explores all the weird questions kids have about science, like "Why can't we just throw all our trash into volcanoes?" Videos include "How Dangerous is COVID19?" and "5 Dinosaur Dinners and What they Told Us." Playlists include Fast Facts, Biology, Technology, Physics, Chemistry, and more.
Flocabulary: Flocabulary features SUPER catchy songs about basic concepts from science, math, social studies, and more. Playlists include Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, Vocabulary, SEL, and More.
Math Antics: Math Antics features math videos that are created to be easy to understand. Playlists include numeracy, arithmetic, fractions and mixed numbers, percents, ratios and proportions, geometry and more.
Secondary
Crash Course: Crash Course features videos on topics ranging from physics to philosophy, explained by experts. Crash Course is ideal for a quick study on a big topic. Playlists include World History, Computer Science, Study Skills, Literature, and more!
Khan Academy: Khan Academy has instructional videos for math, science & engineering, chemistry, biology, the arts/humanities, and coding. They are probably most famous for their math support which ranges from identifying shapes and early addition and subtraction, all the way up to calculus.
KQED Above the Noise: Above the Noise is produced by KQED and covers complex and relevant topics like "Should the Voting Age be Lowered to 16?" or "Should Hate Speech be Protected as Free Speech?" Playlists include Arts & Culture, Criminal Justice, Social Issues, Media and Tech, Health & Well Being, and More!
Numberphile (Math): Numberphile produces videos about numbers - from the Golden Ratio to impossible numbers to prime numbers, these videos feature real mathematicians talking about big concepts in math.
Veritasium (Science): Veritasium explores applied science concepts like engineering with origami, electric cars, and how to understand images black holes.
Ted Talks: The TED channel features the best talks and performances from theTED conference and TED events. Topics are wide ranging and multidisciplinary. Playlists include Community and Hope, Understanding Coronavirus, DIY Neuroscience, The Truth about the US Prison System, and MANY more.
Creating Playlists
What is a playlist?
A playlist is a collection of videos. Anybody can make playlists, share them and friends can add videos to your playlist. You can view all of your playlists under the library tab.
YouTube’s help content on this topic is here.
To create a playlist:
Find a video you want in the playlist
Under the video, click SAVE
Select watch later, faves, or a playlist you’ve already created OR click create new playlist and enter the name of your new playlist.
Use the dropdown box to select your playlist’s privacy setting
Click Create
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To delete a playlist
Go to one of your playlists.
Click the Menu .
Select “Delete playlist.”
Confirm that you want to delete your playlist by selecting "Delete."
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Add a video to your YouTube Playlist
View and Share YouTube Playlists from your Library