Hands-on Learning

Practical experience in responding to SEC Investigation Briefs and designing experiments

Critical Thinking

Develop skills in smart background research and data collection

Professional Reporting

Turn data into clear conclusions and high-quality reports

About the Course

This course is your gateway to mastering the art of investigation. Learn to think and work like a real scientist—curious, critical, and confident. Gain the skills to respond to SEC Investigation Briefs, conduct valid experiments, collect primary data, and produce top-notch reports. Build essential skills in planning, accuracy, analysis, and evidence-based argumentation. Let us guide you through the entire investigation process, ensuring you submit an Investigation you're proud of, worth 40% of your Leaving Certificate grade. Enroll now and kickstart your journey to excellence.

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Course Curriculum

9 Chapters · 66 Lessons

  1. 1

    Introduction to Scientific Thinking

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      Introduction to the course

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      Understanding the SEC Investigation Brief

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    Week 1 - End to End + Inquiry Launch

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      End-to-End + Inquiry Launch

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      How does Inquiry-Based Learning help?

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      Transforming Students into Thinkers and Investigators

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      The 5 Whys

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      History of the 5 Whys

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      Concrete science examples

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      The SMART Framework

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      The SCAMPER Technique

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      Formulating Aims and Objectives

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      Common mistakes in the formulation of research

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      Fostering Scientific Inquiry: A Teacher's Guide to Inquiry-Based Learning and Data Logging in the Science Classroom

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      Reliability in Research: Ensuring Consistency and Trustworthiness

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    Week 2 - Research Methods & Project Orchestration

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      What this week is about

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      Agenda & outcomes: what we will accomplish this week.

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      Why projects fail (and how to prevent it)

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      The investigation cycle (a loop, not a line)

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      From topic → research question

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      Research question quality check (A practical checklist you can apply in 90 seconds)

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      Lets look at Variables

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      Make the “thing you will measure” explicit

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      The independent variable (the one you change on purpose)

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      The dependent variable (the one you measure)

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      Controlled variables (the ones you keep the same)

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      Extraneous and confounding variables (the troublemakers)

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      Why you use a “series” of potted plants (replicates)

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      In summary (variables in one defensible statement)

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      Where to find information (building a credible evidence base)

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      Example tool screenshot: AI writing/support platforms (e.g., Writesonic)

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      Example tool screenshot: AI for research “built on evidence” (e.g., Wizdom.ai-style tools)

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      Google Scholar (finding the academic conversation efficiently

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      ResearchGate (access + research communities)

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      Evidence quality audit (good questions deserve good sources)

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      Ethics, safety & integrity (non-negotiables)

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      Orchestration tools: milestones → tasks → timeline (making the research runnable)

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      Context: “In Practice” investigations (why this matters now)

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      Claims vs data: uncertainty matters (same mean ≠ same confidence)

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      Putting it together: the 60-minute workflow

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      Quiz 2

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    Week 3 - Design, Instruments & Risk

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      Design, Instruments & Risk

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      Not All Information is Created Equal

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      The Research Pyramid

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      The Hierarchy of Evidence

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      Some exampled for the LC Project Work

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      Leaving Cert-ready investigation pack for Ohm’s Law: effect of wire length on resistance

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      Why Peer Review is your Best Friend

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      Books: Academic Rigour vs. Popular Appeal

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      The Internet: Opportunity & Pitfall

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      You Cannot Study Everyone!

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      Random Sampling

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      Other Sampling Methods

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      How accurate are my measurements?

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      A Worked Example

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      The 2027 Chemistry Requirement

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      Lets start by looking at the variables for the Chemistry brief

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      Examining the data

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      Using Temperature as another example

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      Quiz 3

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    Week 4 - Getting to grips with data logging

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      Momentum and Collisions (with data logging)

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    Background Research Techniques

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      Summarizing Key Information

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    Experiment Design and Execution

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      Collecting Primary Data

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    Analyzing Results and Drawing Conclusions

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      Formulating Clear Conclusions

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      Statistics for School Biology Investigations: A Practical Mind Map

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    Creating a High-Quality Final Report

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      Polishing Your Submission

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