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The SRSP materials can be linked to both the Religious Education and the Science Curriculums.

The developments in the curriculum in England mean that there is more scope the use of the SRSP materials in both the primary and the secondary curriculums. There is a move away from teaching which focuses on the teaching of subjects and more which focuses on the teaching of skills of cognition and meta-cognition. This approach is very suited to the use of the SRSP materials as they develop core skills of interpretation, critical awareness, analysis and comparison of truth claims.

At the core of the new curriculum are the Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS). The SRSP materials are well placed to support teachers in developing all of these.
Independent Enquirers
Creative Thinkers
Reflective Learners
The SRSP materials require the students to identify and engage with core questions of meaning. They must analyse and evaluate the truth claims from both disciplines and consider the influence of circumstances, beliefs and feelings on events. They must support their conclusions using reasoned arguments and evidence.
The SRSP materials require the students to find different ways in which to tackle the problems they are faced with, they need to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value to themselves. They need to make connections between the truth claims of science and those of religion looking for similarities and differences. They must be willing to question assumptions, try out new ideas and adapt thier ideas as circumstances change.
The SRSP materials require the students to set realistic goals with criteria for success. They should invite feedback from their teachers and peers and evaluate their knowledge to inform future progress. They are asked to communicate their learning via a number of mediums to some how this is effective for different audiences.
Team Workers
Self-Managers
Effective Participants
The SRSP materials require the students to work in pairs and in groups. They will be expected to engage in discussion, dialogue and debate in order to reach managed conclusions. They will have to take responsibility for their and others learning and provide feedback from their learning to their teachers and peers.
The SRSP materials require the students to work independently organising their own time and resources. They will need to anticipate, take and manage risks. They will need to balance their personal feelings and beliefs with the new knowledge they are being challenged with.
The SRSP materials require the students to engage with the issues from the two disciplines of science and religion. They will need to be able to develop a persuasive case for engagement from both disciplines even if these are counter to their personal beliefs and act as an advocate for views and beliefs that may differ from their own. They will need in discussion, dialogue and debate need to influence others negotiating and balancing diverse views to reach workable solutions.
Click here for links to the Religious Education curriculum. Links are given to the Non-Statutory National Framework, to the QCA units and to the GCSE and AS and A2 syallbi.
Click here for links to the Science curriculum. Links are given to the National Curriculum, the QCA criteria and the GCSE and AS and A2 syllabi.
Click here for examination boards that are offering modules in Science and Religion

Religious Education Curriculum Links
Primary (NSNF)
Secondary (NSNF)
Secondary (QCA)
Secondary (GCSE)
Secondary (AS/A2)
Primary Materials - links are to the Non-Stautory National Framework
 
U1
U2
U3
U4
U5
U6
U7
U8
U9
1.1 Belief and teachings
(What people believe)
1.2 Practices and Lifestyle
(What people do)		                
1.3 Expression and language
(How people express themselves)
2.1 Identity and experience
(Making sense of who we are)
2.2 Meaning and purpose
(Making sense of life)
2.3 Values and commitments
(Making sense of right and wrong
Secondary Materials - links are to the Non-Stautory National Framework
References across are to the NSNF sections (see above)
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.1
2.2
2.3
Topic 1
Unit 1a - How does science help us make sense of the world?
 
 
Unit 1b - How does religion help us make sense of the world?
Unit 1b[a] - How does Buddhism make sense of the world?
 
 
Unit 1b[b] - How does Christianity make sense of the world?
Unit 1b[c] - How does Hinduism make sense of the world?
 
 
Unit 1b[d] - How does Islam make sense of the world?
 
 
Unit 1b[e] - How does Judaism make sense of the world?
 
 
Unit 1b[f] - How does Sikhism make sense of the world?
 
 
Topic 2
Unit 2a - What is an explanation?
   
 
Unit 2b - What is real?
   
 
Unit 2c - Wholes and parts [reductionism]
   
 
Unit 2d - Scientism and Materialism
   
 
Unit 2e - How is language is used in Science and Religion?    
 
Topic 3
Unit 3a - Early Influences
         
Unit 3b - The Greeks
         
Unit 3c - The Golden Age of Islam
         
Unit 3d - Christianity and the development of modern science
         
Unit 3e - Mechanism
   
 
Unit 3f - Darwin
   
 
Unit 3g - The rise of fundamentalism in the C20th
     
Topic 4
Unit 4a - A scientific account of the beginning
   
 
Unit 4b - A religious account of the beginning
   
 
Unit 4c - Literal or literary understandings of creation          
Topic 5
Unit 5 - Introduction to Ethics          
Unit 5a - Environmental Issues
     
Unit 5b - Genetic Issues
     
Unit 5c - Medical Issues
     
Unit 5d - Animal Issues
     
Unit 5e - Terraforming
     
Secondary Materials - links are to the QCA schemes (2000)
QCA Unit
SRSP Units
Unit 7a: Where do we look for God? 1b, 1b(a-f), 4a, 4b
Unit 7e: What are we doing to the environment? 1b(a), 3f, 5a
Unit 9b: Where did the universe come from? 1a, 1b, 3f, 4a, 4b, 5e
Secondary Materials - links are to GCSE syllabi (2005/6)
Specification Reference
SRSP Units
AQA  
2A: Effects of Christianity on Behaviour, Attitudes and Lifestyles 5 (introduction), 5a, 5c
B: Module 1 - Thinking about God and Morality 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 5a, 5c, 5d
B: Module 2 - Key beliefs, ultimate questions and life issues 1a, 1b, 4a, 4b, 5c
B: Module 3 - Faith studies and ethics in two religions 5b, 5c, 5d
B: Module 4 - truth, spirituality and contemporary issues 1a, 1b, 2e
Edexcel  
A: Module 1: Section A1 1a, 1b
A: Module 1: Section H2 5a
A: Module 1: Section H5 Topic 1, 4a, 4c
OCR  
B: Topic 1: The nature of God 1a, 1b, 1d
B: Topic 3: Religion and Science Topic 1, Topic 4, 5a
B: Topic 7: Religion and Medical Ethics Topic 1, 4a, 4c
WJEC  
B: A-U5: Exploring Creation 4b, 5a
B: B-U2: Religion and Medicine 5c
Secondary Materials - links are to AS/A2 syllabi (2005/6)
AQA 
AS-1: An introduction to religion and human experience 1a, 2a, Topic 5
AS-4: An introduction to religion and ethics 6a, 6b, 6c
AS-6: An introduction to religion and science Topic 1, Topic 2, Topic 4, Topic 6
A2-9: Studies in religion and ethics 6a, 6b, 6c
A2-11: Studies in the philosophy of religion 1a, Topic 4
Edexcel 
Unit 1: Foundations [AS] 1a, 4a
Unit 2: Investigations [AS] Science and Religion appears in sections B, C, E and F of the coursework options
Unit 3: Developments [A2] 2b
Unit 4: Implications [A2] 2c, Topic 6
OCR 
AS-2760: Foundation for the study of religion [compulsory] 1d, 4a, 4c
AS-2761: Philosophy of Religion 1 4c
AS-2765: Development in Christian thought 1 3c(v)
AS-2769: Philosophy of Religion 2 1d, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b
AS-2770: Religious Ethics 2 6a, 6b
A2-2779: Philosophy of Religion 1 3a, 3b, 3c
A2-2780: Religious Ethics 1 6b, 6c
WJEC 
AS-RS2b: An introduction to the Philosophy of Religion 3b, 3c, 4a, 4c
AS-RS6b(3): Religious faith and scientific challenge 1a, 1d, 3b, 3c, Topic 4
AS-RS7a: Studies in Religion and Ethics Topic 6
Science Curriculum Links
Primary (National Curriculum)
Secondary (QCA 11-14 and 14-16)
Secondary (AS/A2)
Primary Materials - links are to the National Curriculum
 
U1
U2
U3
U4
U5
U6
U7
U8
U9
Sc1.1: Ideas and evidence in science
Sc1.2: Investigative Skills
Sc2.1: Life processes
Sc2.2: Humans and other animals
Sc2.3: Green Plants
Sc2.4: Variation and classification
Sc2.5: Living things in their environment
Sc3.1 Grouping and classifying materials
Sc3.2 Changing materials
Sc3.3 Separating mixtures of materials                  
Sc4.1: Electricity                  
Sc4.2: Forces and motion        
       
Sc4.3: Light and sound            
   
Sc4.4: The Earth and beyond        
     
Secondary Materials [11-16] - links are to the QCA schemes
References across are to the QCA schemes (11-14) and the QCA criteria for GCSE (14-16)
SRSP Unit Ages 11-14 Ages 14-16
1a - How does science help us make sense of the world?   3.6 (i) a,b,b (iii) c, (iv) c
1b - How does religion help us make sense of the world?   3.6 (i) c
2a - What is an explanation?   3.6 (i) c, d; 3.7 (iv) b
2b - What is real?   3.6 (i) c,d
2c - Wholes and parts [reductionism]   3.6 (i) c,d
2d - Scientism and Materialism   3.6 (i) b,c,d
2e - How is language is used in Science and Religion?   3.6 (i) b,c,d
3a - Early Influences Sc 4 (4) 3.6 (i) b,c,d
3b - The Greeks Sc 1 (1c) 3.6 (i) b,c,d
3c - The Golden Age of Islam   3.6 (i) b,c,d
3d - Christianity and the development of modern science   3.6 (i) c, (iv) b
3e - Mechanism   3.6 (i) c, (iv) b; 3.7 (iv) a
3f - Darwin  

3.6 (i) b, (iv) c; 3.7 (i) b
3g - The rise of fundamentalism in the C20th   3.6 (i) d; 3.7 (iv) c
4a - A scientific account of the beginning   3.6 (i) b,c,d; (iv) c; 3.7 (iv) c
4b - A religious account of the beginning   3.6 (i) d; 3.7 (iv) c
4c - Literal or literary understandings of creation   3.6 (i) d
5a - Environmental Issues 1c Sc3 2(i), 3(g) 3.6 (iv) b; 3.7 (i) a, (iv) a,b
5b - Genetic Issues   3.6 (iv) b; 3.7 (i) c
5c - Medical Issues   3.6 (iv) b; 3.7 (i) e
5d - Animal Issues   3.6 (iv) b
5e - Terraforming  3.6 (iv) b; 3.7 (iv) b
Secondary Materials [16-19] - links are to the QCA schemes
SRSP Unit Links to the science specifications
  Biology Physics
1a - What is real? 3.11 3.6
1b - Knowing and believing   3.10
2a - Language and Communication 3.11 3.6
2b - Models   3.10
3c - The 19th century 3.11, 3.14 3.3, 3.7.2
3d (i-iv) - The 20th century 3.14 3.10
4a - Cosmology and Eschatology   3.10
4c - Evolution and Creationism 3.17, 3.18  
6a - The Environment 3.20, 3.21, 3.22.1  
6b - Medical Ethics and Biotechnology 3.16  
6c - Animal Rights 3.22  
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