Welcome to Crash Course Kids! From the creators of Crash Course, this channel for 3rd- to 5th-graders engages learners’ curiosity with STEM and humanities subjects. We dig deep into stories, poems, and fairy tales and explore the universe, from outer space to life on Earth. Join us for standards-matched videos to support any classroom or homeschool space.
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33:3210K views · 1mo ago · 33:32
In Crash Course Kids Literature, we explore a variety of stories and storytelling techniques. We break down a story, reflect on elements like setting and characters, dive into nonfiction, and more. Topic: Making inferences using story elements Grade level: 3rd-5th grade Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1-3, 4.1-3, 5.1-2
5:42129K views · 1y ago · 5:42
Fairy tales aren’t just “once upon a time...” and “happily ever after.” They can connect us to people across the world! In our final episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we compare and contrast different versions of “Little Red Riding Hood” from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
6:3640K views · 1y ago · 6:36
Roses are red, violets are blue... What on Earth CAN’T a poem do? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we dive into the poems that make up Thanhhà Lại’s verse novel, “Inside Out and Back Again” and the figurative language that makes them shine.
📖 Mentioned book: Inside Out and Back Again
6:0042K views · 1y ago · 6:00
If you want to learn about a new topic, where do you start? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we synthesize information from two nonfiction books about a woman with an eye for insects: Maria Merian. Topic: Synthesizing nonfiction texts Grade level: 3rd-5th grade Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1-3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9; 4.1-3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9; 5.2-3, 5.5, 5.9
5:2977K views · 1y ago · 5:29
Where do you find a theme? Deep in the characters, under the setting, entwined in the plot? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we travel through the universe with the characters in “A Wrinkle in Time” to discover its themes.
5:4560K views · 1y ago · 5:45
How do characters make a story? In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll investigate the traits of characters from “King and the Dragonflies” by Kacen Callender and uncover the ways they relate to each other.
5:1352K views · 1y ago · 5:13
Reading books can be fun, but there’s so much more to discover beneath the surface. In this episode of Crash Course Kids Literature, we’ll use our background knowledge and story evidence to make inferences about E.B. White’s novel, “Charlotte’s Web.”
📖 Mentioned book: Charlotte
1:4780K views · 1y ago · 1:47
Welcome to Crash Course Kids Literature! Over the next 6 episodes, Detective Abby will take us on a journey through the amazing details and hidden meanings of stories. Course Description Stories are powerful: they help us make sense of the world, communicate lessons, and connect across cultures.
14:333.3M views · 10y ago · 14:33
Guest: Gravity Compilation
Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. So today, let's just watch some videos about Gravity. We'll learn about why we don't fly off into space, what mass has to do with it, how does air resistance work, and why gravity is different on the moon. In this compilation, Sabrina helps us understand some of these things.
23:335.5M views · 10y ago · 23:33
Guest: Matter Compilation
Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. So today, let's just watch some videos about Matter. What is matter? What are particles? And why is this important to know? Did you know that coal can turn into diamonds? Or that some materials don't behave the way we think they should? In this compilation, Sabrina helps us understand some of these things.
15:573.3M views · 10y ago · 15:57
Guest: Food Chains Compilation
Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Crash Course Main Channel Tumblr Credits... Producer & Editor: Nicholas Jenkins Cinematographer & Director: Michael Aranda Host: Sabrina Cruz Script Supervisor: Mickie Halpern Writer: Allyson Shaw, Shelby Alinsky, and Jen Szimanski
25:041.8M views · 10y ago · 25:04
Guest: Space Compilation
Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Crash Course Main Channel Tumblr Credits... Producer & Editor: Nicholas Jenkins Cinematographer & Director: Michael Aranda Host: Sabrina Cruz Script Supervisor: Mickie Halpern Writer: Allyson Shaw and Kay Boatner
32:14525K views · 10y ago · 32:14
Guest: Engineering Compilation
Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. Thus, we've created our Compilation Series. In this first (and longest) compilation video, we look at some of our videos about Engineering. Sabrina helps us to understand how engineers make things like cars, bridges, robots, and houses. And how we can become engineers, ourselves!
4:24181K views · 10y ago · 4:24
It's the end of this first season of Crash Course Kids and we've learned so many things. In this episode, Sabrina takes us on a tour of some of the ideas we've talked about and how they fit into our lives. Also, what all of these ideas mean for our future.
4:13407K views · 10y ago · 4:13
So, we've built a lot of things over the last year and we've become awesome engineers in the process. But now it's time for a real challenge. Let's build a city! That's right, you heard me! In this episode, Sabrina shows us what we need to think about when we start engineering something as huge and full of problems as a city!
4:27419K views · 10y ago · 4:27
Guest: Architecture Adventure
If we want to build a place for us to live, hang out, or eat dinner with our friends, we're going to need a special kind of engineering called architecture. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina gets us to help her build a place where she can have some alone time and rock out to Taylor Swift.
4:27316K views · 10y ago · 4:27
Robots! They're everywhere. We use them for all kinds of things that we can't, or don't want to do. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shares a problem with us that can probably be solved by building an awesome robot. So let's take the robot challenge!
4:46192K views · 10y ago · 4:46
So, what happens to normal stuff (like water) when it goes to not-so-normal places? What happens if you take a glass of water to the top of Mt. Everest? Or space? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how matter is affected by different pressures and how that makes water do some weird things.
4:20990K views · 10y ago · 4:20
Ever heard of Oobleck? How about non-Newtonian fluids? Well, today Sabrina is going to show us that things can sometimes behave like a solid, and sometimes like a liquid depending on how much force is applied to them. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, we'll talk about some weird stuff that's still... normal.
4:40257K views · 10y ago · 4:40
Guest: Planetary Plants
So we know what life needs here to work, and we've talked a little about what life COULD look like on other planets. But what about plant life? What could plant life look like on other planets? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats to us just about that.
4:28359K views · 10y ago · 4:28
Have you ever wondered if there is anyone (or anything) else out there in the universe? Well, you're not alone. But what would alien life look like? And what would their food chains and food webs look like? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina gives us some ideas about what we might find out there... someday.
4:44134K views · 10y ago · 4:44
More trials! This time we need to figure out what to do if you don't have all the things you'd like to have to perform your tests. How do you isolate a variable across multiple tests? A good engineer will work to find a way to make it happen. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us some ways to do just that.
4:35164K views · 10y ago · 4:35
It's time to design some trials. Sometimes engineers need to figure out how to test ideas. In order to do that, we need to design trials to find failure points and see how things are going to work in the real world (with gravity, wind, and human error all factored in). In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina takes us to the fair to help us design a trial.
4:43709K views · 10y ago · 4:43
Guest: Gas Giants Weather
Last time, we learned that there is in fact weather on other planets. But those were the rocky planets, like Earth. What about the big gas giants? What's the weather like there? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina takes us on a virtual tour of the gas giants and shows us what kind of weather we can expect.
5:56641K views · 10y ago · 5:56
Do other planets have weather? It turns out that, yes, they do! But, the weather isn't all the same on other planets because of things like the atmosphere. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina takes us on a tour of the weather on the rocky planets in our solar system.
4:02143K views · 10y ago · 4:02
Guest: Fixing Failure Points
Now that we've talked about failure points, let's talk about how to fix them. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how to set up models and trails to find and fix failure points. ///Standards Used in This Video/// 3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
4:06303K views · 10y ago · 4:06
We all know that failure is bad... but is it? Actually, engineers need things to fail so they can understand how to make things better. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats to us about failure points and how they can help us find better solutions to problems.
3:41905K views · 10y ago · 3:41
Guest: Climate Change
How does climate change? And what happens to environments and ecosystems when it does? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us the effects that climate change can have and how one small change in an ecosystem can throw everything off.
4:371.6M views · 10y ago · 4:37
Guest: Living Things Change
Have you ever heard of the peppered moth? It's a great example of how living things can change because their environment has changed. And it's not just them! There used to be giant insects roaming the world, but they got smaller through time because their environments changed. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina gives us some examples of how and why living things change because of their environments.
4:42477K views · 10y ago · 4:42
Guest: Material Magic
Did you know we can actually make diamonds in a lab? It's true! We can! And this is both really good and really cool. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how materials scientists have done just that and why it's so important.
4:37850K views · 10y ago · 4:37
So, we know what materials are, but can we make new materials? Or improve the materials we already have? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how Material Scientists are working on these two things today. Also, your cell phone holds the answer.
3:01181K views · 10y ago · 3:01
Guest: Try Trials
We've talked about variables and solving problems. But how do we keep working on a problem if the first solution doesn't fix it? Trials! In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how to use Trials to figure out what the problems are with our solutions.
4:38246K views · 10y ago · 4:38
Guest: Bowled Over
So, variables. There are lots of them when trying to test an idea. The trick is to isolate one variable at a time to get reliable results every time. But, how do we do that? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how to isolate variables at the bowling alley!
4:39374K views · 10y ago · 4:39
What do beavers, termites, and prairie dogs have in common? They all change their environments! Last time we talked about how humans change their environments, but humans are animals and all animals change their environments just by living in them.
4:57407K views · 10y ago · 4:57
Did you know that all living things change their environments? It's true. Beavers, deer, worms, and humans all change their environments. It just so happens that humans change our environments in big, obvious ways. In this episode, Sabrina chats about how humans have been changing our environments for a long time!
3:30308K views · 10y ago · 3:30
So, what is the ecliptic? Well, it has to do with the Zodiac constellations and our sun and how they move in relation to one another. It's kind of cool! In this episode, Sabrina chats about this imaginary line called the ecliptic and its cycle in the sky.
4:09947K views · 10y ago · 4:09
We've talked about constellations; groups of stars in the night sky that we assign names to. But there are a certain group of special constellations called The Zodiac that Sabrina is going to chat about. Gemini, Sagittarius, Scorpio? You've heard of them and now is your chance to get to know them a little more.
5:29258K views · 10y ago · 5:29
How can we fix water shortages? Well, we know that shortages are a problem and can cause fighting because water is a resource. When you limit a resource, things get scary. But, in this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about ways that we can help to fix problems like this.
4:04395K views · 10y ago · 4:04
So, what happens when there's not enough water? Well... not good things. Do we let homes have more water for showering and cooking? Or do we let farms have the water for growing crops? There aren't any easy solutions, but today Sabrina chats with us about how water scarcity can cause problems.
4:271.1M views · 10y ago · 4:27
What exactly can we tell about an unknown substance by its properties. We already know that a substance is matter that’s made of one kind of atom or molecule, that has specific properties, and that some substances are elements, which means they can’t be broken down into other substances through physical changes or chemical reactions.
4:32412K views · 10y ago · 4:32
Guest: Organizing Properties
Have you ever thought about all the different kinds of groups you’re a part of? Like, there are the friends you hang out with, your family, your hockey team, your Crash Course fan club, and that’s just for starters! And even though these groups are totally different, in each of them there’s something that all its members have in common.
5:10854K views · 11y ago · 5:10
Guest: Weather Channels
Why is my weather app sometimes wrong? Well, it has a lot to do with wind. Jet streams, air cells, the shape and movement of the Earth... there are a lot of things that make the weather a little unpredictable. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about how ocean currents actually work with jet streams to move weather around.
5:07799K views · 11y ago · 5:07
Guest: Current Events
What are air currents? Air currents are like rivers of wind caused by areas of high and low pressure. The air above the land is warmer and less dense, so it rises. The air over the water is cooler and heavier. The cool air rushes in toward the low-pressure zone over the land, forming a lovely sea breeze. But what about jet streams? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats with us about all things relating to air currents.
3:5830K views · 11y ago · 3:58
In which Sabrina tries really hard (again) to say things and doesn't really succeed. We'll be back next week with episodes about Wind Currents! Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Crash Course Main Channel
4:11245K views · 11y ago · 4:11
So, how are people fixing their water problems? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about a few different examples of how some freshwater sources were good, then bad, then made good again. Also, Sabrina talks about parasites, fish, and dams!
5:00524K views · 11y ago · 5:00
What happens to a single ecosystem when the amount of freshwater available in it changes? Not really much good. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about ecosystems and how one small change can lead to a cascade effect in the entire ecosystem.
4:01138K views · 11y ago · 4:01
Guest: Astronaut Experiment
Air resistance! It's a thing! In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina does her own astronaut experiment to show us how we can prove it! ///Standards Used in This Video/// 5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down.
3:33511K views · 11y ago · 3:33
So, what would happen if you dropped a hammer and a feather at the same time, from the same height? Well, the hammer would hit the ground first, right? But why? You might think it's because the hammer is heavier, or has more mass than the feather. But it's actually not because of that at all. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us that the rate at which things fall to Earth has to do with something called air resistance... oh, and we take a trip to the moon.
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