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YouTube and Google.org gave Class CrunchLabs $2.5 million
The money will fund more languages and research on Mark Rober's free classroom science videos.
YouTube and Google.org awarded $2.5 million to Class CrunchLabs, the grades 3-8 science channel Mark Rober hosts and produces. The grant keeps the curriculum free while Rober expands it beyond the first wave of lessons now on YouTube.
Rober built Class CrunchLabs as a free resource for teachers, tied to his CrunchLabs kit brand. He has said he put $55 million into the project and lined up YouTube as a distribution partner. The lessons target third through eighth graders, with video planned across 34 languages; Rober worked with the National Science Teaching Association so the material meets classroom standards.
YouTube had promised more than 1,000 videos in time for the 2026-27 school year. Early uploads on the channel cover collisions and electromagnetism, and Rober has brought in creators such as Trevor Rainbolt for some segments. Work on a second batch of lessons is already underway.
YouTube Global head of Youth and Learning Katie Kurtz said Rober has been "the internet's favorite science teacher" and that YouTube is proud to help him scale a hands-on, standards-aligned curriculum to teachers and students. The grant will pay for additional translation, further research, and ongoing free access.