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When I was growing up, we had discovery channel. That sparked my intrinsic curiousity. My daughter has that intrinsic motivation as well, but only for k-pop now. She likes youtube videos and she likes when I tell her about science stuff. Maybe I can combine that by recommending her some good youtube channels.

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[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Hannah Fry is great too. Becky Smethurst as well.

I approve of your list but Anton Petrov is a bit much for a 12 year old, I think. Kyle Hill gets a bit dark for a 12 year old sometimes.

It certainly doesn't hurt to just start off on the right foot with Carl Sagan and Cosmos.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 20 minutes ago

I love Hannah Fry. She's got so much joy out of a topic I don't even begin to understand. She HAS to be a good person.

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I came here to say Hannah Fry, too.

She's been doing a lot of those YouTube shorts or reels or whatever they're called, so that's probably a good way in for the younger generation.

Then come the documentaries and books.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Ha, yeah. That’s true about some of those channels. Kinda forgot about the age aspect. Like a lot of Simone’s videos have a bit of language, though she is awesome. I see her as far more as a maker than a science communicator. Not entirely sure why she was suggested a couple of times.