Your home
Your home 1-to-1
1-to-1
A tutor comes to you for a 60-minute session. Full attention on one student, with no travel for the family.
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HSC Years 11 to 12
Investigating Science tutoring for method and report writing.
A Band 6 tutor works through your child's own investigation write-ups, in person, one to one or in a small group.
TutorMunk provides in-person tutoring for HSC Investigating Science students in Years 11 and 12 across suburban Sydney, in your home or at our Gregory Hills centre.
What Investigating Science covers
Investigating Science has its own four Year 12 modules, Scientific Investigations, Technologies, Fact or Fallacy? and Science and Society, plus a depth study, built around scientific method and applied investigation rather than the deeper subject content Biology, Chemistry and Physics cover in theirs. A tutor works through whichever module and investigation your child's school has set.
Writing up an investigation clearly, with a stated method, results and a conclusion that refers back to the data, carries real weight in this course. Sessions work through your child's own draft write-ups rather than a generic report template.
How Investigating Science sessions run
Investigating Science sessions run for 60 minutes, one to one or in a small group, in your home or at our Gregory Hills centre. The tutor teaching this course achieved a Band 6 in a Year 12 science, and a typical session works through the current topic and a recent investigation write-up, marked against the NESA criteria.
A written note goes home after every session, and small group sessions at the centre are capped at six students in the same course, so a tutor still checks each student's own report and reasoning.
Who Investigating Science tutoring suits
This suits a student who prefers a science built around practical investigation and report writing over a heavier content and exam load, as well as a student who needs help structuring an investigation report clearly. It also suits a student working toward assessment tasks who wants regular, specific feedback against the NESA criteria rather than a general content revision.
It also suits a student who has struggled with the heavier content and exam load in another science and is looking for a different, more practical way to demonstrate what they understand.
What parents can expect
Every session ends with a note on the investigation or reporting skill that was the focus, and progress gets a plain conversation each term. A tutor explains how each assessment affects your child's rank, without pressure tactics, so the focus stays on the actual task in front of them.
Four ways to learn
Your home or our centre, 1-to-1 or small group.
Every option is in person. Choose the setting that suits your family.
Your home
Your home group
Small group
Up to three students, often siblings or neighbours, taught together at your kitchen table.
Our centre
Our centre 1-to-1
1-to-1
Sessions at our Gregory Hills centre, with printed resources and past papers on hand.
Our centre
Our centre group
Small group
Groups of four to six students in the same stage, grouped by ability.
FAQ
Questions parents ask.
Still not sure? We answer questions about fees, tutor matching and session times on the phone.
Investigating Science has its own four Year 12 modules, Scientific Investigations, Technologies, Fact or Fallacy? and Science and Society, focused on scientific method and applied investigation rather than the deeper subject content the other sciences cover in their four modules. It suits a student who prefers applied, practical work over a heavier theory and calculation load.
An investigation report is marked by the school against its own task-specific criteria linked to the NESA outcomes, looking at method, results and how clearly the conclusion connects back to the data. A tutor works through your child's actual draft report rather than a generic template.
It can suit a student who wants a science subject built around practical investigation rather than a heavier content and exam load, though the right choice depends on your child's interests and other subjects. A tutor can help you weigh this up based on how your child finds the actual coursework, not a general assumption about which science is easier.
Talk to us
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Request a call and we will match your child with the right Munk.
Every family is different, so we tailor the plan on the phone. Fees, session times and tutor matching are all covered in one call.
A great first session, guaranteed.
If the first session does not click, we will match your child with a new Munk and cover the cost of the next session.
- In person only, in your home or at our Gregory Hills centre
- Working with Children Checked tutors
- Written notes after every session