What your child learns in Grade 9 in Saskatchewan

Big Ideas

• Number (N9.1–N9.3): Demonstrate understanding of powers with integral bases (excluding base 0) and whole number exponents. Demonstrate understanding of rational numbers. Extend understanding of square roots to include the square root of positive rational numbers.
• Patterns and Relations (P9.1–P9.4): Demonstrate understanding of linear relations. Model and solve situational questions using linear equations of the form. Demonstrate understanding of single variable linear inequalities with rational coefficients. (and 1 more outcome)
• Shape and Space (SS9.1–SS9.4): Demonstrate understanding of circle properties. Extend understanding of area to surface area of right rectangular prisms, right cylinders, right triangular… Demonstrate understanding of similarity of 2-D shapes. (and 1 more outcome)

7 units, including exponents & powers, rational numbers, linear relations, multi-step equations.

Big Ideas

• Comprehend and Respond (CR9.1a–CR9.8b): View, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts that address identity (e.g., The Search for… View, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts that address identity, social responsibility… Select and use appropriate strategies to construct meaning before (e.g., formulating focus questions), during, and… (and 13 more outcomes)
• Compose and Create (CC9.1a–CC9.9b): Create various visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts that explore identity (e.g., The Search for Self)… Create various visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts that explore identity, social responsibility… Create and present an individual researched inquiry project related to a topic, theme, or issue studied in English… (and 15 more outcomes)
• Assess and Reflect on Language Abilities (AR9.1a–AR9.2b): Assess personal strengths and needs as a viewer, listener, reader, representer, speaker, and writer and… Assess personal strengths and needs as a viewer, listener, reader, representer, speaker, and writer and… Assess own and others' work for clarity, correctness, and impact. (and 1 more outcome)

10 units, including close reading, literary elements, literary devices, voices & perspectives.

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• Life Science: Reproduction and Human Development (RE9.1–RE9.4): Examine the process of and influences on the transfer of genetic information and the impact of that understanding… Observe and describe the significance of cellular reproductive processes, including mitosis and meiosis. Describe the processes and implications of sexual and asexual reproduction in plants and animals. (and 1 more outcome)
• Physical Science: Atoms and Elements (AE9.1–AE9.3): Distinguish between physical and chemical properties of common substances, including those found in household… Analyze historical explanations of the structure of matter up to and. Demonstrate an understanding of the classification of pure substances (elements and compounds), including the…
• Physical Science: Characteristics of Electricity (CE9.1–CE9.4): Demonstrate and analyze characteristics of static electric charge and current electricity, including historical… Analyze the relationships that exist among voltage, current, and resistance in series and parallel circuits. Assess operating principles, costs, and efficiencies of devices that produce or use electrical energy. (and 1 more outcome)

12 units, including cells from cells, reproduction, inside the atom, the periodic table.

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• Interactions and Interdependence (IN9.1–IN9.4): Explain what constitutes a society. Compare the factors that shape worldviews in a society, including time and place, culture, language, religion… Analyze the ways a worldview is expressed in the daily life of a society. (and 1 more outcome)
• Dynamic Relationships (DR9.1–DR9.4): Examine the challenges involved in obtaining information about societies of the past. Synthesize the significance of key historical events in societies studied. Assess the relationship of the natural environment in the development of a society. (and 1 more outcome)
• Power and Authority (PA9.1–PA9.3): Examine concepts of power and authority in the governance of the societies studied. Analyze the impact of empire-building and territorial expansion on indigenous populations and other groups in the… Investigate the roles and responsibilities of members of the societies studied and those of citizens in…

3 units, including society & worldview, evidence of the past, power, citizens & trade.