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* The various children's songs about the alphabet, colours and numbers.
* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' featured songs about the U.S. states, and about areas of the human brain.
* The Galaxy Song in ''[[Monty PythonsPython's theThe Meaning of Life]]'' is surprisingly educational for a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] in a [[Monty Python]] film.
* Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans' ''Space Songs'' album had a variety of children's songs about science, with a focus on astronomy. You can read the CD booklet [http://www.blankpub.com/science/SS-CD_booklet.pdf here].
* The songs in ''[[School HouseSchoolhouse Rock]]''.
* [[They Might Be Giants]] made a few of these.
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' had lots of these, including songs for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy0wRLD5s8 all the U.S. presidents] up to [[Bill Clinton]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUDDaEOvuY the 50 states and their capitals], and of course, the famous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtdQ8bTvRc Nations of the World] song.
* Some of Rockapella's full-length songs on ''[[Where in Thethe World Is Carmen San DiegoSandiego?]]?'' used when the show ran short. There was one about the [[Top Ten List|five largest]] islands in the world.
* Songs on ''[[Sesame Street (TV)|Sesame Street]]'', ''[[The Electric Company]]'' and ''[[Square One TV]]'', [[Edutainment Show|obviously]].
* The various songs at the end of every episode of ''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]''.
* Parodied by [[Avenue Q]] and the infamous ''The Internet Is For Porn''.
* In ''[[Horrible Histories (TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' (the live-action show), there is plenty of these.
* Tom Lehrer also created some of these including The Elements Song, New Math, and Silent E.
 
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