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• This explains very clearly the nature of science and the scientific approach/method, dealing with observation, inference, assumptions, deduction and induction and more.
   
• A humorous clip, based on material from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, that illustrates key aspects of the scientific method.
   
• This TEDx event video, entitled ‘The scientific method is crap’, provides an alternative perspective on the assumed efficacy of the ‘standard scientific method’ to challenge your thinking.
   
• This video – ‘Battling Bad Science’ – highlights a range of pertinent issues relating to the nature of scientific enquiry.