Posts: 3226
Threads: 244
Joined: April 17, 2012
Reputation:
54
What science shows do kids have now?
May 16, 2014 at 4:36 pm
I was thinking, growing up in the 90s, there were a lot of great science shows for kids, or at least shows that had a lot of science educational content in them. Bill Nye the Science Guy is the one that comes to my mind. There were a few others but I don't remember their names. And if you had cable/dish, those were the days when the Discovery Channel and TLC actually had science content which even as a kid I loved watching.
What do kids have now on TV in terms of science education? Is there anything?
Or are kids getting an equivalent science education from other mediums outside of TV like the internet, or iPhone games, or something else I'm not aware of?
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
Posts: 7085
Threads: 69
Joined: September 11, 2012
Reputation:
84
RE: What science shows do kids have now?
May 16, 2014 at 4:41 pm
I don't have kids, but if I did, Cosmos would be mandatory viewing by age seven. I grew up in the eighties and nineties with Mr. Wizard, Bill Nye, and 3-2-1 Contact. I'm not sure if there are comparable shows now.
Posts: 18503
Threads: 79
Joined: May 29, 2010
Reputation:
125
RE: What science shows do kids have now?
May 16, 2014 at 4:42 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2014 at 4:43 pm by LastPoet.)
Well, angry birds teaches you about parabolic motion, and some other physics while sending pigs to their oblivion.
Therefore, in order to kill pigs one must shoot birds with a slingshot at them.
Seems legit.
Posts: 28389
Threads: 226
Joined: March 24, 2014
Reputation:
185
RE: What science shows do kids have now?
May 16, 2014 at 5:00 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2014 at 5:00 pm by Losty.)
What about Penelope K, by the Way? My kids love that one. It's kind if sciency. You can also find Bill Nye the Science Guy episodes and buy them. We don't have cable at my house. Too much crap on TV. Reviewing cartoons I used to like all I can think is hell no my kids aren't watching this junk!
I like to buy science experiment kits for kids on amazon too, they're much more fun than watching tv.
(August 21, 2017 at 11:31 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: "I'm not a troll"
Religious Views: He gay
0/10
Hammy Wrote:and we also have a sheep on our bed underneath as well
Posts: 3226
Threads: 244
Joined: April 17, 2012
Reputation:
54
RE: What science shows do kids have now?
May 16, 2014 at 5:24 pm
@Lostly @Insanity It's interesting that those shows are all BBC shows.
It seems with the exception for a show aimed at toddlers on PBS, there aren't any kids shows being made today in the US that teach science, unless you consider Mythbuster like shows adequate.
Why is this? Is the political climate too heated nowadays thanks to fundies for a modern day science kids show to be aired today?
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
Posts: 12231
Threads: 324
Joined: April 14, 2011
Reputation:
140
RE: What science shows do kids have now?
May 16, 2014 at 6:30 pm
I grew up watching Steve Irwin fighting crocs. Does that count as scientific?
