Ashley Mulcahy

Extension Science is probably, in my opinion, one of the best subjects in the HSC because students get to choose their own pathway.

Sean

So far what I've liked the most is that you can actually look into what you're interested in, for me its fishing. Extension Science allows me to dig deeper into the understanding of the ecology of something you're already passionate and interested in.

Joshua Westerway

Science Extension allowed my students to explore cutting edge science that is not otherwise covered in our science syllabuses, and allowed them to engage with real, modern day, contemporary scientific research.

Meirah

I think that because there is such freedom in the course, where you can do almost anything that you want to do in science, with people that will support you such as your mentor and your teacher, it really gives kids the opportunity to pursue any type of scientific passion that they have.

Stephan Soule

With my background and understanding of science, it allows me to mentor them and guide them in a way to really understand the principles and practices of science, and exploring the, all those questions in more detail.

Hannah

I found that it really just gave me such a big head start at university, compared to other students that didn't do Science Extension, because I already knew how to write a report, I already knew how to run experiments.

Suzanne Wilson

In this subject you actually get to go beyond the classroom, you consult other people who are experts in their fields, and do science using the latest technologies.

Mitchell

I’m at the University of Sydney doing a bachelor of science, majoring in just physics, and the report writing skills I learnt in Science Extension have really been useful, in basically every class that I’ve taken.

Meirah

Doing Extension Science and practically being able to look into forensics, really helped to solidify in my mind that yeah, I’m super interested in this, and yes this is definitely a potential career path for me.

Stephan Soule

It's really getting them out of the classroom and into the real world of science, it's a fantastic opportunity to work with scientists, and also gather data, or and add and contribute to real world science as well.

Hannah

At the end of science extension, not only did I have everything that I learnt from the course, but I had this real scientific report, that I’d produced myself, for my own research and I was so proud of it and it just was so rewarding, I just felt like it was something real that I’d produced and something that I was going to keep forever, it was my first scientific report.

Suzanne Wilson

I mean a lot of teachers have heard, why do I need to know this? From a student before, never heard it in Science Extension. You want to pick something you’re interested in, you just want some help on how to do it? Then pick Science Extension.

Meirah

Even if your considering it a little bit, give it a go, what matters in Year 12, and year 11, is trying things that are new and different, because that’s what you’re going to be doing at university.

Joshua Westerway

This subject is for all students, of all levels of ability, they just need the passion and the interest to succeed.

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