Please recommend great science TV & resources for primary DCs

[threeleftfeet]

DS (age 6) is really getting into science at the moment.

He's really enjoying Dick and Dom's Absolute Genius for example. Just wondering what else is out there that we could look at this rainy weekend, like programs, interactive stuff on the web or other resources?

TIA :)

[ChazsBrilliantAttitude]

He did Zygons but its not on iPlayer at the moment. My kids loved it.

[ItsATIARA]

Richard Hammond's Blast Lab was OK - I think a 6 year old would enjoy it. Be careful of Brainiac: Science Abuse, which has loads of entertaining child-friendly fluffy science content, but with an overlay of quite staggering sexism. Mythbusters, by contrast has always stood out for me for the sure-footed way they steer clear of dodgy sexist nonsense.

[AnotherStitchInTime]

How the Universe Works?

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

I wish he Horrible Histories lot would do Horrible science/geography etc.

they SOOOOOOO made History interesting!

[zipzap]

My dc (8&5) enjoy the Zula Patrol episodes on YouTube. Think they were done by the American space agency or similar as edutainment for primary school kids.

I've just bought - today - the planet earth DVD by David Attenborough from the sainburys DVD clearance sale - £3 for 10+ hours seemed a good deal and I reckon most if not all of it will be suitable for ds1. They did mountains and volcanoes last year at school which he loved, this year he did the rainforest. They seem to do something of this ilk as a topic each year so I reckon it will get plenty of use just from providing school background, plus more if they enjoy it. And David attenborough usually gets pretty amazing footage to watch.

If he likes animals, ds1 has been an avid watcher of deadly 60 (cbbc) for the last few years. And now noes far more weird and wonderful animals and animal facts than I do!

[MmeLindor]

Just discovered this site which has great links to lots of sites.

[MmeLindor]

I've been doing a bit of research to find some more resources (and have written article for Jump cause its a great idea to have a list of these somewhere) and found these fab science cookie cutters

The other products on that site are brilliant too - perfect for little and big science geeks.

Also found the @realscientists twitter account, which might be interesting for those on Twitter.

[Meglet]

leodensian I discovered Zooniverse this week, isn't it awesome.

I've been classifying galaxies. Even a numpty like me with no science GCSE's can do it . A bright 6yo would manage it just fine.

[TalkinPeace]

Brainiac faked a lot of their stuff ... be wary of it

[zipzap]

Dh and ds1 came home from the supermarket yesterday with the first in a series of partworks called how your body works. 99p and it had the main bit of the skull with all the teeth for you to put in.

Not planning on getting the rest of them - would end up stupidly expensive. But for 99p it's a fun thing to do - plus it's a cheap decoration come Halloween

[geologymum]

If he's into palaeontology or earth science, I would recommend that you check out Rockwatch, the nationwide club for young geologists. Find us online:
FB: www.facebook.com/rockatrockwatch
Twitter: @rockwatchclub
Web: //www.rockwatch.org.uk/
I've just taken on the social networking for the club, and I'll be posting lots of resources for parents - the latest popular palaeo and earth science news to share with your child, ideas for earth science stuff to try at home and of course all the brilliant Rockwatch events that go on all around the UK, all year round. Hope that helps!