Suitable for Years 5-8, this learning resource shares interviews with creatives to explore the process of story building and screenwriting from the Australian children's television program, MaveriX. It is structured so that students can work through the resource independently in their production teams or as a class with teacher guidance.

Ezra considers himself the businessman of the Inbestigators, always thinking of new exciting (and sometimes unachievable) ways to promote and improve their services. His favourite subjects in school are maths and science, which he often uses when trying to solve cases.

Attentive, honest, and motivated, Maudie is the brains of the team. Never seen without her notebook, she is always focused on the job and successfully solves her cases through the power of observation.

Ava is the heart of the team, always staying optimistic and looking out for her friends. While Ava can sometimes come across as too passionate about both her co-curricular activities and her need to solve school yard conflict, she’s always committed to listening and understanding the feelings of the Inbestigator’s clients.

Kyle is the goofball of the group. While he easily becomes distracted by things like food, and struggles to stay on topic, he always backs his friends and is blown away when they are able to solve their case.

Mikey is a softly spoken gentle giant who finds fitting in tough but always looks on the bright side. From time to time, he talks directly to the camera and we get to see the real Mikey - an extrovert, full of wit and positivity in the face of adversity. He is under the assumption that he does not possess good handball skills - or so he thinks.

Salwa is one of, if not the best, handball players in the district. She’s fiery, volatile and a little bit scary, but people respect her because of her impressive skills.

Jerry is brainy, quirky and a handball tragic. He may not be able to smack a ball out of the park, but he makes an excellent coach sees a lot of potential in Mikey.  

Tiffany is a two-faced teacher's pet. She loves handball and is convinced that she will always come out as a winner, especially once she engineers the downfall of her only competition - Salwa.

Rory is easily the naughtiest boy in grade 5 and probably the whole school. Although Rory is always getting in trouble for doing something wrong, he is never mean or cruel; he’s more just silly.

Melanie is very strong willed and won’t give up easily, determined to do what she wants to do, how she wants to do it. She is smart and funny but you might not know it straight away because she is also shy and can be the quiet one in the group.

Battie has a very big imagination and spends a lot time using it, on his own. Although he gets on well with the other children, Battie probably prefers being alone, which is a bit unusual, but everyone accepts that’s just who Battie is and they don’t even think it’s weird that sometimes he talks to himself as he wanders around the playground.

Atticus is funny, smart and friends with everyone. He’s good at sport and school, and really good at eating. Atticus is always eating, he is always hungry.

Tamara is excellent at all sports. She is very competitive and can be a little bit annoying to her friends when she gets like that but, luckily, she is also kind, supportive, and a lot of fun to be around. 

Debra-Jo is super smart and really proud of being super smart. While some people might call her bossy, she loves being a leader, being organised and organising other people…. and sometimes, that involves being a bit bossy.