# The 12 Best Science Shows for Kids of All Time

> Saturday-morning classics, preschool cartoons and new streaming experiments. Somewhere in here is the show that made you want a lab coat.

*By YPB Team · Published October 3, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-12-best-science-shows-for-kids-of-all-time*

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1. **Bill Nye the Science Guy** — score 1000/1000
   1990s PBS show where Bill Nye's bow tie and explosions taught a generation the basics.
2. **The Magic School Bus** — score 792/1000
   Animated series in which Ms. Frizzle's shape-shifting bus takes her class inside the human body and beyond.
3. **Mark Rober's CrunchLabs** — score 705/1000
   Netflix series cut from Mark Rober's builds, launched in November 2025.
4. **Beakman's World** — score 633/1000
   Zany 1990s science show built around viewer letters and Paul Zaloom's lab experiments.
5. **Mr. Wizard's World** — score 621/1000
   Don Herbert's 1980s Nickelodeon show of kitchen-table experiments with kid assistants.
6. **Emily's Wonder Lab** — score 548/1000
   Netflix series where science communicator Emily Calandrelli runs colorful experiments with kids.
7. **MythBusters** — score 464/1000
   Discovery series where Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman tested urban legends, often with explosives.
8. **Ada Twist, Scientist** — score 365/1000
   Netflix preschool series about a young scientist, produced by the Obamas' Higher Ground.
9. **Brainchild** — score 365/1000
   Fast-paced Netflix science show for kids executive-produced by Pharrell Williams.
10. **Wild Kratts** — score 249/1000
   PBS cartoon in which the Kratt brothers use creature-power suits to explain animal abilities.
11. **Sid the Science Kid** — score 249/1000
   Preschool CGI series about a curious boy asking why things work the way they do.
12. **Ask the StoryBots** — score 0/1000
   Emmy-winning series where small robots answer kids' big questions with songs.

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