The series provides examples of situations seen in many aspects of people's lives that demonstrate the components necessary for inquiry learning. In this program, viewers can see how inquiry connects research to the real world. The change in students' research abilities is evident in the video when their activities are compared in the fall to the spring. In the spring they are much better at crafting research questions and devising ways to find the answers. A consumer testing lab is given as an example of research in the workplace.
Students use a field trip to a trash burning power plant to explore concepts illustrated there.
The video stresses the importance of skepticism concerning things that are not supported by evidence. Orders from New York State only. Science as inquiry.