Emily Calandrelli, a real-life former MIT engineer, brings her bubbly enthusiasm to various science experiments in the Netflix show Emily’s Wonder Lab. Each show features a safe DIY experiment to conduct at home with simple, easy-to-grasp takeaways skilfully explained by Emily.

The relevance is self-evident here. From baking bread in solar-powered ovens to engineering a tornado within a plastic bottle, Emily enthusiastically showcases some fun, engaging scientific experiments that are entertaining yet informative.

Following a similar format to Emily’s Wonder Lab, Brainchild relies on the quirky personality of host Sahana Srinivasan to break down complex scientific subjects into digestible lessons. However, whereas Emily’s show keeps things practical and encourages at-home participation, Brainchild conducts larger-than-life experiments that take deep dives into more complex topics like human psychology.

Each episode covers various scientific concepts, often with a relatable message to students’ lives. For instance, when diving into human psychology, the show explores the effects of social media. In this way, the show tackles complex scientific topics often with a focus on relevancy to students’ lives.

Narrated by David Attenborough, Our Planet is a staple for any educator looking to teach about our planet’s habitats, the animals within them, and the threats to our ecosystems. Our Planet could be replaced in this list by other Attenborough-narrated productions – they all offer fantastic storytelling matched with stunning, captivating visuals of our wonderful planet.

The show does a fantastic job of telling narratives of animal lives while supporting this through actionable lessons. Students can find rich insights into ecosystems, life cycles, biomes, and how climate change is affecting our planet. Come for the cinematic imagery, stay for the education.

Whereas Our Planet and other nature shows often treat nature with the utmost seriousness, Absurd Planet takes a different tone. The show embraces the weird and wonderful aspects of our world as the narrator, “Mother Nature”, shares the often bizarre details of her strangest creations. Highlights include the regional dialects of goats and the turtle-tear-drinking butterflies.

Absurd Planet may be a little wacky, but it still teaches all sorts of engaging lessons about nature, and, as we all know, kids are often inspired by that which is most bizarre.

Curious George is, well…curious! Through his curiosity about the world around him, he often winds up learning a lot of science-related lessons. The wholesome little monkey and his ragtag bunch of friends, both animal and human, are cuteness personified. George’s sense of wonder at the world is emblematic of how children often feel, and this makes the show so appealing to kids of young ages.

There are tons of STEM-based lessons related to Curious George’s adventures. As he explores a topic, the viewers go along for the ride and learn in the process.

Another animated classic, The Magic School Bus has been a staple for supplementary STEM learning for decades. The show follows Ms. Frizzle’s fourth-grade class as they head out on adventurous, magic field trips. As they go, they learn about the human body, fascinating chemistry phenomena, and simple physics principles.

The show is literally about a class learning lessons. However, the field trips that Ms Frizzle takes the class on often take fun, unexpected wacky turns. In this way, the Magic School Bus is a classic example of how a TV show overtly based on learning can embrace a sense of wonder to appeal to young children.

Note: Check out the equally brilliant sequel, The Magic Bus Rides Again, for more adventures

The star of the program is Anne, an eleven-year-old genius and budding scientist who enjoys using her skills in engineering and computer programming to find solutions. Throughout the series, she enthusiastically shares her knowledge with pals, who join her in exploring the potential of science in coming up with practical answers to challenges.

Annedroids tackles a variety of scientific concepts in each episode. Since the show is live-action instead of animated, there is a feeling that the show is based in reality.

Presented by Adam Savage, this show is a spin-off of the popular show Mythbusters specifically aimed at kids. Each episode showcases a talented bunch of kids who band together to bust various myths via their chemistry, physics and popular culture know-how.

Mythbusters Jr. features a bunch of practical applications of scientific concepts. In busting their myths, the team usually conducts some kind of small-scale scientific experiment that can be replicated at home.

The Odd Squad is the name given to a bunch of Mathe enthusiasts who use their mathematical abilities to find solutions to the issues presented in each episode. They travel the globe using math to solve various mysteries. Children can participate in the excitement and learn the value of cooperation and persistence while applying addition, subtraction, and other math concepts to solve issues.

The show is very clearly oriented toward showing kids an answer to the age-old question, “But how do we use this?” The show does a great job of weaving math concepts into some real-world mysteries.

Suitable for the younger ones, Numberblocks follows a collection of personified numerical characters as they go on various adventures. The team can work together to combine to make other numbers (3 +2 = 5) as they go about their cute quests.

The program gives kids a good introduction to fundamental mathematical ideas and promotes the development of their numeracy skills.

Blaze and The Monster Machines is an animated series for young children that follows the adventures of a monster truck and its human driver partnership, Blaze and AJ. Together, they solve complicated problems in their city

During their escapades, the gang learn lessons on various STEM concepts, including buoyancy and trajectory. Each episode will include some educational elements.

Ask the StoryBots is another cutesy animated series for younger viewers to help them find answers to the “Big Questions”. The show’s narrators, the colorful StoryBots that live in computer parts, help deconstruct various subjects for kids in narrative form. They use vibrant animation and songs to help engage the audience.

Many episodes center around STEM topics, but not all. Recent episodes have covered DNA and the importance of recycling.

Luna explores the world around her with infectious enthusiasm. Along with her little brother Jupiter and her pet ferret, Clyde, she seeks to find answers to what things are and why and how scientific actions take place. She is fun and friendly, with helpful, catchy songs to explain things for kids.

Earth to Luna teaches basic scientific concepts to young children, and it’s Luna’s infectious love for science that’s so wholesome. Recent episodes have explained the water cycle and the breadmaking process.

From the makers of Sesame Street, Helpsters is an educational project featuring a crew of puppet monsters. Led by Cody, who is an expert coder, the gang solve problems big and small. The Helpsters encourage problem-solving skills and teamwork to find solutions.

The Helpsters solve problems with a specific emphasis on pre-coding concepts. Young children can watch this tv show to appreciate how essential communication is toward a STEM-related goal.

From the imagination of Jim Henson, The Doozers follows the innovative Pod Squad as they play, invent, design, and engineer solutions to the challenges they face around them in the community of Doozer Creek, just out of view of the humans. The show is a spin-off of the series Fraggle Rock.

The Pod Squad are constantly using their technical know-how to make new inventions and find solutions to problems in Doozer Creek. This shows young children that they can apply STEM skills to improve their communities.