Support Materials for the New Secondary Curriculum + National Strategies Framework links

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On this page you will find the resources you need to develop your new KS3 curriculum, including links to resources on the National Strategies website, How Science Works Progression Ladders, Range and Content Progression Ladders and suggestions on how you might build up cross curricular projects.
There are links to case studies of good practice on the QCA website, and it will also have links to the SNS Science framework when available.

The National Strategies Framework

available as a download.

Particularly useful are the Amplifications which give you ideas of how to teach areas of the curriculum, and Rich Questions which you can use to provoke thinking. Also, look at the Strategies for Progression.
This link will take you direct to the Download page:
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/176193

For the "Barriers to Learning", search the NS website for "Barriers to Learning" and you will be able to select the one you want.

Link to Guidance Section of website

(for the Strengthening Teaching and Learning .... resources:
As of 18/11/09 Particles, Cells
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/search/secondary/results/nav:50753

Link to the SNS Renewed Framework for Science website

http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/secondary/frameworks

How Science Works and Range and Content Combo

The File below contains Progression Ladders for How Science Works and Range and Content, and is based on materials from the Secondary National Strategy Renewed Framework. The advantage is that each Strand fits on 1 A4 page. The Range and Content ladders are less detailed than the NY progression ladders.

How Science Works

The File below contains the Progression Ladders for How Science Works, and is based on materials from the Secondary National Strategy Renewed Framework.

Range and Content

The Progression ladders below cover the Range and Content of the new curriculum, as identified by the North Yorkshire Progresion Project team. They are based around the Key Ideas (from the old KS3 Framework): Forces, Energy, Particles, Interdependence and Cells. The names of the progression ladders have been chosen to match the new curriculum.
There are also Progression Ladders for Space, Rocks and Sustainability.

Further links to Resources:

Exemplification of how to use the progression ladders

Demonstration of how a cross curriculum project might be developed, using Bread and Cereals as a theme