How to read this page
Prince Edward Island 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 Prince Edward Island, that's Foundations of Mathematics 11 — 4 units, 29 skills.
Geometry
- Deriving angle-property proofs
- Solving angle-property problems
- The cosine law
Logical Reasoning
- Inductive reasoning and conjectures
- Strategies for spatial puzzles
Measurement
- Understanding and computing rates
- Reading scale diagrams
- Scale factor and length
Relations and Functions
- Graphing a linear inequality
- The vertex of a quadratic function
See the full Foundations of Mathematics 11 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 Prince Edward Island, that's Pre-Calculus 11 — 3 units, 35 skills.
Algebra and Number
- Absolute value of real numbers
- Simplifying and operating on numerical radicals
- Solving radical equations
Relations and Functions
- Factoring trinomials
- Absolute value of linear functions
- Vertex and direction of opening from vertex form
Trigonometry
- Angles in standard position
- Trig ratios from the terminal arm
- Applying the cosine and sine laws
See the full Pre-Calculus 11 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 Prince Edward Island, that's Pre-Calculus Elective — 4 units, 34 skills.
Financial Mathematics
- Wages, salary and contracts
- Calculating compound interest
- Comparing the costs of renting, leasing and buying
Geometry
- Points, lines, segments and planes
- Identifying parallel and perpendicular lines
- Classifying triangles
Logical Reasoning
- Making conjectures inductively
- Conditional statements and their forms
- Proving conjectures deductively
Permutations, Combinations and Binomial Theorem
- Theoretical probability of an event
- Odds and probability
- Independent events
See the full Pre-Calculus Elective 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 Prince Edward Island, that's Apprenticeship and Workplace Mathematics 11 — 3 units, 30 skills.
Geometry
- Solving with a single right triangle
- Reading and stating scale
- Top, front and side views
Number
- Strategies for numerical puzzles
- Building a personal budget
- Understanding compound interest
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 Prince Edward Island, that's English Language Arts 11 (ENG521A) — 3 units, 29 skills.
Speaking and Listening
- Roles and responsibilities of an effective speaker and listener
- Examining a mentor text defence
- Examining responses to complex, open-ended questions
Reading and Viewing
- Comprehending increasingly complex texts using strategies
- Identifying allusion, irony, and symbolism and their meaning
- Identifying an author's portrayal of gender and socioeconomic status
Writing and Other Ways of Representing
- Using the writing process to develop a text
- Assessing a text against success criteria
- Considering critical feedback and its advantages
See the full English Language Arts 11 (ENG521A) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Prince Edward Island, that's Biology 11 (BIO521A) — 4 units, 29 skills.
Working Like a Biologist
- Analysing a diagnostic or treatment technology
- Safe laboratory protocols
- Constructing an argument from evidence and perspectives
The Cell
- Water and the biochemical compounds
- The membrane and passive transport
- Photosynthesis, respiration, and the energy cycle
Maintaining Dynamic Equilibrium: Homeostasis and the Body Systems
- Homeostasis and interdependent organ systems
- The heart and blood flow
- Mechanical and chemical digestion
Disease and Homeostasis
- Disease and its impact on homeostasis
See the full Biology 11 (BIO521A) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Prince Edward Island, that's Chemistry, Grade 11 (CHM521A) — 4 units, 28 skills.
Working Like a Chemist
- Evidence, theories, and the evolving atomic model
- Safe laboratory protocols and WHMIS
- Evaluating phenomena with argumentation
Stoichiometry
- The mole, molar mass, and conversions
- Mole ratios and stoichiometric calculations
- Limiting reagent and theoretical yield
Structure, Bonding, and Properties
- Ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding
- Types of intermolecular forces
- Solubility as a dynamic equilibrium
Organic Chemistry
- Carbon and the diversity of organic compounds
- Drawing structural formulas
See the full Chemistry, Grade 11 (CHM521A) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Prince Edward Island, that's Physics, Grade 11 (PHY521A) — 5 units, 47 skills.
Working Like a Physicist
- Identifying questions to investigate
- How a milestone revolutionized thinking
Dynamics
- Applying Newton's laws of motion
Momentum and Energy
- Conservation of momentum
- Work, force, and displacement
Waves
- Longitudinal and transverse waves
- Interference, diffraction, and the Doppler effect
See the full Physics, Grade 11 (PHY521A) 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 Prince Edward Island, that's Introductory Law 521A — 4 units, 46 skills.
Foundations of Law
- The need for and purpose of law
- Division of powers among governments
- Impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Criminal Law
- Society's need to criminalize certain behaviours
- Legal aspects of police investigation
- Roles of the court and its officers
Civil Law
- Civil versus criminal matters
- Torts and the purposes of tort law
- Remedies for victims of civil wrongdoing
Inquiry-Based Learning in Other Areas of Law
- Inquiry into another area of law
See the full Introductory Law 521A curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Prince Edward Island, that's Core French, Grade 11 — 3 units, 13 skills.
La production orale et l'ecoute
- Active listening to detailed speech (11e-12e band)
- Structuring speech on social issues
La lecture et le visionnement
- Reading strategies for detailed varied texts
L'ecriture et la representation
- Orienting your writing with growing independence
See the full Core French, Grade 11 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 11 in Prince Edward Island?
Prince Edward Island's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 11 — 334 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers geometry and logical reasoning; Mathematics covers algebra and number and relations and functions; Mathematics covers financial mathematics and geometry. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Prince Edward Island curriculum?
It's built from Prince Edward Island'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 Prince Edward Island, that's 20th-Century World History 521A — 5 units, 14 skills.
The Road to War
- The M.A.I.N. long-term causes
- The significant events of World War One
- The end of the war and its immediate aftermath
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Between the Wars
- The interwar conditions
+ 1 more skill in this unit →World War II
- The significant events of World War II
- Examining the Holocaust
- The conclusion and aftermath
+ 1 more skill in this unit →A Divided World
- The Cold War and the superpower rivalry
- Economic and cultural movements
+ 1 more skill in this unit →A New World Order
See the full 20th-Century World History 521A curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →