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Alberta publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Alberta, that's Mathematics 30-1 — 3 units, 35 skills.
Relations and Functions
- Operations on functions
- Horizontal and vertical translations
- Horizontal and vertical stretches
Trigonometry
- Angles in standard position (degrees)
- The equation of the unit circle
- Primary ratios in radians and degrees
Permutations, Combinations and Binomial Theorem
- The fundamental counting principle
- Combinations of n taken r at a time
See the full Mathematics 30-1 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Alberta, that's Mathematics 30-2 — 4 units, 36 skills.
Logical Reasoning
- Problem-solving strategies for puzzles
- Sets, subsets and Venn diagrams
Probability
- Odds versus probability
- Mutually exclusive events
- Independent events
Relations and Functions
- Equivalent forms and restrictions
- Multiplying and dividing
- Solving rational equations
See the full Mathematics 30-2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Alberta, that's Mathematics 31 — 7 units, 37 skills.
Precalculus and Limits
- Operations and composition of functions
- Translation, reflection and dilatation
- Factoring, rationalizing and simplifying
Derivatives
- The tangent slope as a limit
- The product, quotient and chain rules
- Differentiating implicitly
Applications of Derivatives
- First and second derivative analysis
- Related rates via the chain rule
Integrals
- Antiderivatives and families of curves
- Area as a limit of rectangle sums
- The definite integral and the FTC
Electives: Growth, Numerical and Integration Methods
- Differentiating and antidifferentiating exp/log functions
- Modelling growth, decay and return to equilibrium
- Approximating roots with Newton-Raphson
Electives: Volumes and Applied Calculus
- The disc method
- Differential equations in physical models
- Growth, decay and the logistic equation
Electives: Calculus Theorems and Proof
- Proof and the value theorems
See the full Mathematics 31 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Alberta, that's English Language Arts 30-1 — 4 units, 28 skills.
Exploring Ideas & Perspectives
- Forming tentative understandings
- Considering new perspectives
Comprehending Literature & Other Texts
- Discerning and analyzing context
- Relating form to purpose and content
- Connecting self, text, culture and milieu
Managing Ideas & Information (Inquiry & Research)
- Focusing purpose and form
- Selecting, recording and organizing information
Creating Oral, Print & Multimedia Texts
- Assessing the text-creation context
- Enhancing thought, support and detail
See the full English Language Arts 30-1 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Alberta, that's English Language Arts 30-2 — 4 units, 28 skills.
Exploring Ideas & Perspectives
- Forming tentative understandings
- Considering new perspectives
Comprehending Everyday & Workplace Texts
- Discerning and analyzing context
- Relating form to purpose
- Connecting self, text, culture and milieu
Managing Ideas & Information (Inquiry & Research)
- Focusing purpose and form
- Selecting, recording and organizing information
Creating Texts
- Assessing the text-creation context
- Enhancing thought, support and detail
See the full English Language Arts 30-2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Alberta, that's Biology 30 — 4 units, 55 skills.
Nervous & Endocrine Systems
- Neurons and the action potential
- Structure and function of the eye
- The principal endocrine glands
Reproduction & Development
- The female reproductive system
- Chromosomes, hormones and sex determination
- Hormones and sex characteristics
Cell Division, Genetics & Molecular Biology
- Chromosome number
- Crossing over and nondisjunction
- Mendel's evidence and laws
Population & Community Dynamics
- The Hardy-Weinberg principle
- Species interactions and symbiosis
- Factors in population growth
See the full Biology 30 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Alberta, that's Chemistry 30 — 4 units, 52 skills.
Thermochemical Changes
- Analyzing heat transfer with Q = mcΔt
- Using and interpreting ΔH notation
- Reactants and products of key energy reactions
Electrochemical Changes
- Defining oxidation and reduction
- Comparing strengths of oxidizing and reducing agents
- Writing and balancing redox equations
Chemical Changes of Organic Compounds
- Defining organic compounds
- Structural isomerism
- The five organic reaction types
Chemical Equilibrium Focusing on Acid–Base Systems
- Defining equilibrium and its criteria
- Brønsted–Lowry acids and bases
- Recalling pH, pOH and ion concentration
See the full Chemistry 30 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Alberta, that's Science 30 — 4 units, 79 skills.
Living Systems Respond to Change
- Structures of the heart
- How pathogens enter and harm
- Autoimmune disease
Chemistry & the Environment
- Proton donors and acceptors
- Why living systems need constant pH
- The chemistry of acid deposition
Electromagnetic Energy
- What a field is
- Inducing a current
- How transformers work
Energy & the Environment
- The growth of energy consumption
- Developing energy technologies
- Hess’s Law and heats of combustion
See the full Science 30 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Alberta, that's Physics 30 — 4 units, 72 skills.
Forces & Fields
- Conservation of charge
- Coulomb's torsion balance experiment
- Defining vector fields
Electromagnetic Radiation
- Accelerating charges produce EMR
- Reflection, refraction and total internal reflection
- Diffraction, interference and polarization
Atomic & Nuclear (Modern) Physics
- Matter contains discrete charges
- Why the classical atom fails
- Electron diffraction and de Broglie
See the full Physics 30 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Alberta, that's Social Studies 30-2 — 4 units, 30 skills.
Ideology, Beliefs & Identity
- Factors that shape beliefs and values
- Individualism as a value of ideology
The Origins of & Resistance to Liberalism
- Aboriginal contributions to liberalism
- Ideologies that responded to liberalism
- Ideological conflict after WWII
The Viability of Liberalism’s Principles
- Governments reflecting the will of the people
- When practice falls short of liberal values
Citizenship in the Modern World
- How ideologies shape citizenship
- How far ideology should shape responses to issues
See the full Social Studies 30-2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Alberta, that's French Language Arts 30-2 (immersion) — 5 units, 21 skills.
Valorisation du français
- Valoriser son apprentissage du français
Production écrite
- Rédiger des textes pour transmettre de l'information
See the full French Language Arts 30-2 (immersion) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 12 in Alberta?
Alberta's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 12 — 504 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers relations and functions and trigonometry; Mathematics covers logical reasoning and probability; Mathematics covers precalculus and limits and derivatives. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Alberta curriculum?
It's built from Alberta's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
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Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Alberta, that's Social Studies 30-1 — 4 units, 31 skills.
Ideology & Its Foundations
- Factors that shape beliefs and values
- Individualism as a foundation of ideology
+ 6 more skills in this unit →The Origins & Impact of Liberalism
- Aboriginal contributions to liberalism
- Ideologies in response to classical liberalism
- Ideological conflict after 1945
+ 7 more skills in this unit →Liberalism in Practice: Systems, Rights & Viability
- Should governments encourage economic equality?
- Why governments may not reflect liberalism
+ 4 more skills in this unit →Ideology, Citizenship & Contemporary Action
- Worldviews and ideology
- The individual in times of conflict
+ 5 more skills in this unit →See the full Social Studies 30-1 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →