Foreword; Simon McGrath 1. Introduction: The Upper Secondary Tier and the Place of Science Therein; Barend Vlaardingerbroek, Neil Taylor and Terry Lyons 2. Australia; Terry Lyons 3. Brazil; Luis Carlos de Menezes and Regina Candida Ellero Gualtieri 4. Canada - British Columbia; Todd M. Milford 5. China - Hong Kong SAR; Benny Hin Wai Yung and Kennedy Kam Ho Chan 6. Finland; Jari Lavonen and Pasi Reinikainen 7. Hungary; Andras Buda 8. Malaysia; Noraini Binti Idris 9. New Zealand; Peter Rawlins, Carrol Walkley and Lone Jorgensen 10. Nigeria; Omaze Anthony Afemikhe and Sylvanus Yakubu Imobekhai 11. Pakistan; Irshad Hussain 12. Scotland; Nicky Souter 13. Sri Lanka; Marie Perera 14. Turkey; Muammer Calik 15. The Middle East - Egypt, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia; Saouma BouJaoude and Ghada Gholam 16. Reflections on Upper Secondary Science for the Twenty-First Century; Barend Vlaardingerbroek and Neil Taylor