In England and Wales schools science is a compulsory subject in the national curriculum. All pupils from 5 to 16 years of age must study science. It is generally taught as a single subject science until sixth form, then splits into subject-specific a levels (PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY). However, the government has since expressed its desire that those pupils who achieve well at the age of 14 should be offered the opportunity to study the three separate sciences from September 2008. In Scotland the subjects split into chemistry, physics and biology at the age of 13-15 for standard grades in these subjects, and there is also a combined science standard grade qualification which students can sit, provided their school offers it.
In September 2006 a new science programme of study known as 21st century science as introduced as a GCSE option in UK schools, to “give all 14 to 16 year olds a worthwhile and inspiring experience of science”
In the US, science education was a scatter of subjects prior to this standardization in the 1890s the development of a science curriculum in the US emerged gradually after extended debate between two ideologies, citizen science and pre-professional training. As a result of a conference of 30 leading secondary and college educators in Florida, the National Education Association appointed a Committee of Ten in 1892 which had authority to organize future meetings and appoint subject matter committees of the major subjects taught in U.S. secondary schools. The committee was composed of ten educators (all men) and was chaired by Charles Eliot of Harvard university . the committee of ten met, and appointed nine conference committees (Latin, Greek, English, other modern languages, mathematics, history, civil government and political economy , and three in science).
The three conference committees appointed for science were: physics, astronomy, and chemistry
1. Natural history
2. And geography
3. Each committee, appointed by the committee of ten , was composed of ten leading specialists from colleges and normal schools, and secondary schools. Each committee met in a different location in the U.S the three science committees met for three days in the Chicago area.
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