How to read this page
Nova Scotia 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 Nova Scotia, that's Mathematics, Grade 7 — 5 units, 31 skills.
Number
- Divisibility rules
- Solving percent problems
- Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators
Patterns and Relations
- Patterns and their linear relations
- Modelling preservation of equality
Measurement
- Radius, diameter, circumference, and pi
- Area of triangles and parallelograms
Geometry
- Plotting in four quadrants
Statistics and Probability
- Mean, median, mode, and range
- Probability as ratios, fractions, and percents
See the full Mathematics, Grade 7 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 Nova Scotia, that's English Language Arts 7 — 6 units, 28 skills.
Culture and Communication
- Investigating how forms express culture and identity
See the full English Language Arts 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Nova Scotia, that's Science, Grade 7 — 3 units, 38 skills.
Environmental Action
- Pure substances and mixtures
- Interactions of organisms in an ecosystem
- Ways species can be classified
Engineering Structures
- Strength of shapes and materials
- Forces on and within structures
- Applying design concepts
Geological Evolution
- Geographic features and plate boundaries
- Weathering and erosion
See the full Science, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Nova Scotia, that's Core French, Grade 7 — 3 units, 14 skills.
Communication orale
- Conveying information about your own life
- Complete sentences with a beginning of spontaneity
- Selecting useful information in a conversation
Comprehension / degager le sens des textes
- Applying reading strategies
- Reading aloud with fluency
See the full Core French, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 7 in Nova Scotia?
Nova Scotia's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 7 — 135 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers culture and communication and planning responses; Science covers environmental action and engineering structures. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Nova Scotia curriculum?
It's built from Nova Scotia'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.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Nova Scotia, that's Social Studies, Grade 7 — 6 units, 24 skills.
Government Policies and Mi'kmaw Communities
- Geographic impact of government decisions on the Mi'kmaq
- Economic impact of denied treaty rights
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Historical Opportunities and Challenges in the Maritimes
- Civic conditions for the peoples of the Maritimes
- Economic conditions and entrepreneurship
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Political Changes in the Maritimes
- The origins of responsible government
- The impact of Confederation on the Mi'kmaq
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Changing Societal Conditions in the Maritimes
- Advocates who changed social conditions
- The impact of civic movements
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Impacts of World War I on the Maritimes
- How communities responded to World War I
- Contributions that went unrecognized
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Present-Day Maritime Communities
- Changing demographics
- Environmental sustainability and Netukulimk
+ 2 more skills in this unit →See the full Social Studies, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →