Alberta
Grade 9
Math Curriculum

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Alberta Program Overview and
Specific Units (follow the links to access the training material on that page).

Grade 9 Math is the gateway to science and math in higher education. Not only that the topics in this grade continue to reemerge until the completion of high school, but also in first year university in Calculus classes.

Math in Person...

Math Nite will be running every Wednesday from 6pm-8pm in MS-431 at the University of Calgary, from the following dates:
September 20th, 2017 to December 6th,
2017 January 17th, 2018 to April 11th, 2018.
More detailed information about Math Nite can be found here: http://www.math.ucalgary.ca/community_outreach/math_nite.

Why Math?
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Math Career Guide

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Articles

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How maths is helping sub-Saharan maize farmers

Math Books

Online Book:
This book is also available in Kindle format.

A better way to learn Chemistry. Get ready for grade 9 and 10 Science. The book borrows many concepts from Chem 201 and Chem 203.

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Equations
Exponents
Radicals, Square Roots
Fractions
Inequalities
Geometry
Geometry Manipulatives, Construction Exercises
Graphs
Lines
Polynomials
Proportions
Word Problems

Competitions

PAT

More General Resources
Course notes: http://kateandrewshighschool.com/eteachers/180/grade-9-math
Math Videos: http://patrickjmt.com

Specific Topics

Fractions

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Quiz: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter2/study_quiz.html

Exponents

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Quiz: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter3/study_quiz.html

Radicals, Square Roots

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Square roots of perfect squares (grade 9)

Square roots of fractions and decimals (grade 9)

Estimate square roots (grade 9)

Graphs

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Quiz: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter6/study_quiz.html

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Proportions

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Lesson: Making use of the Rule of Three (The Rule of 3 is widely used in European classrooms. It solves an extremely wide variety of problems by simply arranging the data logically.)

Lines

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Hands on...		Self Grading Quizzes Topics: Sierpinski Triangles, Menger Sponge, Fibonacci and The Golden Ratio.

Demos, Linear Activities	https://teacher.desmos.com/linear

Slope-Intercept Formulas Theory	http://www.shelovesmath.com/algebra/beginning-algebra/coordinate-system-and-graphing-lines/#SlopeInterceptFormula

Linear Functions and Graphing Practice (Grade 9)
Most of the Gr 9 Material is covered in Grade 10-12 as well	Click here for more on linear functions.

Equations

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Lessons		http://www.shelovesmath.com/#IntermediateAlgebra
Linear Equations and Lines		Worksheets: https://ca.edugain.com/math/grade-9/Linear-Equations-in-Two-Variables#
Quiz		http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter8/study_quiz.html

Inequalities

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Quiz		http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter9/study_quiz.html
Practice		https://www.helpteaching.com/questions/Inequalities/Grade_9

Word Problems

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Tips and Tricks		How to make word problems easy

Quiz		http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter11/study_quiz.html

Polynomials

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See also.		Before you begin working with polynomials...

Factorizing Polynomials Algebraic Expressions (Free PDF Download)
Worksheets		https://ca.edugain.com/math/grade-9/Polynomials

Practice, Multiply a polynomial by a monomial		https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-9/multiply-a-polynomial-by-a-monomial

Practice, Divide a polynomial by a monomial		https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-9/divide-a-polynomial-by-a-monomial

Quiz		http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter5/study_quiz.html http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter7/study_quiz.html

Geometry

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Introduction to Geometry

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-foundations

Angle Geometry

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-foundations/hs-geo-angles/v/measuring-angles-in-degrees

Polygon Geometry

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-foundations/hs-geo-polygons/v/proof-sum-of-measures-of-angles-in-a-triangle-are-180

Perimeter and Area

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-foundations/hs-geo-area/v/perimeter-and-area-basics

Basic Geometry Unit Test

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/hs-geo-foundations/test/hs-geo-foundations-unit-test?modal=1

More high-school geometry topics on Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry

Menelaus' Theorem, Proof
(not part of the curriculum, but appears in grade 9 competitions).

https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php?title=Menelaus%27_Theorem

Basic Circle Geometry Lesson

Basic Circle Geometry Quiz: https://goo.gl/forms/1HSd2GDssx4iBRRL2

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070973407/student_view0/chapter10/study_quiz.html

Circle Geometry

Lesson: The Circle

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/circle.html

see also About Pi (π)

Circle Theorems

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/circle-theorems.html

Hands on Interactive Geometry Manupulatives and Construction Exercises

Why are construction exercises so important?
Much of geometry has evolved in ancient times, for example by Greek Mathematicians, in an attempt to determine methods for architecture and figure out the spacial relationship between shapes, angles and edges.
Construction exercises were used before the existence of computers and CAD software to accurately build bisectors, medians, etc. Many classic versions of such building algorithms exist and are still used today by architects in technical drawings. The two tools used typically for these are the ruler and the compass.

Check out the following animations of many classic construction algorithms:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/constructions.html

Suggestion for teachers:
Geometry and philosophy used to go hand in hand. Select a simple construction demo in the above link. After students watch the animation for that method, have them discuss why they think it accomplishes the goal of that construction. This will evolve an intuition for geometry and help remember basic axioms.

General links on Geometry

https://www.ck12.org/c/geometry/

Hands on: Interactive Circle & Line Geometry

The Power of a Point: