The Framework for secondary science: Introduction

Overview: The five strands of progression

The Framework of learning objectives is based on the programmes of study for Key Stages 3 and 4. There are five strands and 13 substrands that are designed to help teachers build progression into their long-, medium- and short-term planning.

The five strands of progression
Strands Substrands
1 How science works
  • 1.1 Explanations, argument and decisions
  • 1.2 Practical and enquiry skills
2 Organisms, behaviour and health
  • 2.1 Life processes
  • 2.2 Variation and interdependence
  • 2.3 Behaviour
3 Chemical and material behaviour
  • 3.1 Particle models
  • 3.2 Chemical reactions
  • 3.3 Patterns in chemical reactions
4 Energy, electricity and forces
  • 4.1 Energy transfer and electricity
  • 4.2 Forces
5 The environment, Earth and the universe
  • 5.1 Changing environment and sustainability
  • 5.2 Changing Earth
  • 5.3 Earth, Space and beyond

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