[HN Gopher] Not a Normal Field Trip
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       Not a Normal Field Trip
        
       Author : kelnos
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2024-09-12 21:24 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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       | stephen_cagle wrote:
       | It really is striking when you stop to enumerate it just how many
       | edutainment shows were running in the 90's. Do those still exist
       | to the same degree?
        
         | revx wrote:
         | Yes, but it's moved to apps. The PBS Kids and PBS Kids Games
         | apps are full of high quality edutainment shows and movies.
         | Some vintage, some new.
         | 
         | Not a shill, just a dad with a 5yo who enjoys that I can give
         | my kid a tablet with those apps and not have to worry about
         | what they're watching :)
        
         | kelnos wrote:
         | There's actually a lot of good edu stuff on YouTube these days,
         | many of it made by independent creators.
         | 
         | The problem is, of course, separating the good from the bad. My
         | nephew learned a _ton_ from YouTube (he 's 8 now), but it's a
         | lot of work for parents to ensure that the material is good and
         | correct, and actually child-appropriate. (And his parents are
         | both teachers, so they have a bit of a leg up on their ability
         | to evaluate educational quality.)
        
           | jkubicek wrote:
           | We homeschool and there are some YouTube channels out there
           | that are high-quality enough that we can use them to
           | outsource / augment some of our subjects, particularly
           | science and history.
        
           | crooked-v wrote:
           | Curiosity Stream is a pretty good self-contained service for
           | that kind of stuff. The content is in the way of classic
           | TLC/Discovery/History Channel stuff before those turned into
           | 24/7 reality TV.
        
           | spikej wrote:
           | Do you have any links for ones they'd recommend?
        
           | fossuser wrote:
           | PBS has good stuff on youtube too (PBS Eons for one example).
        
       | sanqui wrote:
       | I'm from a central European country and my mother always made
       | sure to record episodes of the Magic School Bus shown here on TV
       | for me to watch on VHS. No doubt an influential show even beyond
       | the US.
        
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