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[Text on screen. What does real science look like?]

Liz Friedewald – Science Teacher, Kingsgrove North High School

Investigating Science really puts the skills at the focus. It's about understanding the process and then applying that process to different scenarios. Maybe you don't need to believe everything that's presented to you without being able to check. And this course really highlights, how do you check? How do you know? How do you know what is true?

[Text on screen. How can you support spot bias or misleading info?]

Recognising bias and recognising where things might be misleading is just skills that are really thoroughly taught in the topics of fact or fallacy. And the kids really learn how to critically analyse.

Scott Hogden – Science Teacher, Ballina Coast High School

Looking critically at the data and understanding patterns and trends. Critical thinking skills is a huge part of understanding evidence through social media or through other outlets.

Student

It definitely makes you think more when you find a piece of information on the internet. You look at it and you just double check and look more in depth into making sure that it is true.

[Text on screen: Why does this help your future?]

Liz

Investigating is really important for students' futures because it develops a real understanding of how the world works. As students become citizens out in the workforce and they need to make decisions and they need to make them quickly.

[Text on screen: How does it connect to everyday life?]

Ricardo Aguiar – Head Teacher Science, Plumpton High School

Investigating science builds on the skills of the scientific process and the inquiry process and problem solving and critical creative thinking.

Students

[Text on screen: What do students actually say about it?]

I would definitely recommend it to other students. It is for everyone's interest in science. More hands-on, you do more practice than in any other class. I would absolutely recommend it. I think it's a fun subject. It's very useful if you want to do other sciences.

Investigating science is a valuable course for anybody who's interested in science. I'd say pick this subject if you're really interested in the whys and the hows of things around you.

Scott

It's a really, really good course for students to take because it boosts their knowledge, boosts their skills. They can take those into their other subjects and it really enhances their ability to do well.

Students

Even if you're not doing another science subject, it can help you in a lot of other, like, humanities subjects because it also talks about collecting data. The reliability and the accuracy, that's very useful when looking at, like, investigating other subjects and conducting research.

Scott

Investigating Science, I think, is just imperative to achieving any sort of success, whether it's academic, whether it's success in business, whether it's success in life and understanding how the world works.

Students, most definitely give it a go. It is something that I think is probably one of the best ways to improve your understanding of the scientific method.

Students, faculties, get on it. It's really good.

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