Grade 9 teaching resources

Students compare six energy sources, classify them as renewable or non-renewable, and analyze cost and carbon-output data.

Students learn and practice French tu and vous imperative forms through matching, recipe sequencing, rewriting instructions, and new command prompts.

Students explore how humanism transformed Renaissance thinking by comparing medieval and Renaissance worldviews.

Students hunt for metaphors in Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech and analyze their literal and figurative meanings.

Students explore how frequency, amplitude, wavelength, reflection, refraction, and transmission explain everyday light- and sound-based technologies.

This 14-page resource introduces transformational, transactional, servant, and democratic leadership styles through definitions, characteristics, historical examples, and case studies.

This four-page philosophy worksheet introduces the Ship of Theseus paradox and asks students to examine how identity persists over time.

This four-page chemistry activity introduces solutions, suspensions, and emulsions through clear explanations, everyday examples, and comparison questions.

This four-page resource guides students through exploring personal narratives about transition, displacement, identity, and belonging.

This four-page worksheet guides students in exploring STEM education and career pathways, including apprenticeships, certificates, college diplomas, and university degrees.

Students explore entrepreneurship by developing a business concept, writing a business plan, identifying startup costs, and considering marketing and customer engagement.

Students investigate how self-sufficient their state is across food, energy, manufacturing, and services.

Students analyze and compare the daily schedules, responsibilities, education requirements, and skills associated with nursing, laboratory science, robotics technology, and game development.

Students analyze five real-world STEM scenarios, match each challenge to an appropriate career, and justify their reasoning.

This activity pack explores modern rocketry, propulsion systems, satellite technology, and the future of space missions.

Students learn the basic concept of the Prisoner’s Dilemma and examine how individual choices can produce suboptimal group outcomes.

Students explore inventions and innovations by Black inventors through clues, patent dates, invention descriptions, and puzzle challenges.

Students read about Fort Novosel, Army Aviation, Alabama's military contributions, and Birmingham's Veterans Day tradition.

Students read an informational passage about artificial intelligence in sports judging, including objectivity, biometric data, and the human element of artistry.

Students read an informational passage about artificial intelligence, drones, and precision agriculture in spring planting.

Students identify a local environmental problem, investigate its root causes, map stakeholders, brainstorm solutions, and create an action plan.

This five-page notebook supplement introduces the Blue, Green, Yellow, and Red Zones of Regulation.

A student-friendly informational reading passage tracing Orville and Wilbur Wright’s journey from bicycle mechanics to aviation pioneers.

This short lesson introduces Camp Atterbury, its role in Indiana history, and the service of Indiana soldiers and the National Guard.

Students learn about major California military bases, their roles in national defense, and ways communities honor and support veterans.

This four-page classroom resource introduces solar and lunar calendar systems, their relationship to Earth’s orbit and Moon phases, and why holidays may fall on different dates each year.

This four-page worksheet introduces recipe costing using a chocolate chip cookie business scenario.

Students explore probability using engaging weather and school-closure scenarios.

Students learn to calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles by measuring dimensions and applying formulas.

Students calculate kilowatt-hours and electricity costs for common household appliances using guided examples, formulas, and practice tables.

Students learn to calculate the area and perimeter of rectangular and L-shaped floor plans.

Students explore how groundhog burrows provide insulation and support hibernation.

This three-page lesson introduces Caesar Rodney’s courageous ride to cast Delaware’s deciding vote for independence in 1776.

This four-page worksheet guides students through deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics using reflection prompts and examples.

Students examine how nationalism, imperialism, military alliances, and militarism increased tensions before World War I.

Students investigate a shared public space, identify safety, cleanliness, maintenance, and accessibility needs, and prioritize concerns.

Students explore hospitality and tourism occupations, including tour guides, chefs, flight attendants, hotel managers, and travel agents.

This four-page student log guides learners through pre-shadowing preparation, workplace observations, informational interviews, vocabulary development, and career reflection.

Students explore four modern careers: content creator, UX researcher, app designer, and AI trainer.

Students read about Captain Rivera, a Coast Guard veteran who protects Oregon waterways and leads community cleanups.

Students consider whether candy should be allowed at school and develop an evidence-supported opinion.

Students investigate how water, vinegar, soda, and vegetable oil affect the dissolution rate of candy hearts.

This five-page lesson and worksheet introduces students to gross pay, net pay, CPP, and Employment Insurance deductions on Canadian paychecks.

Students read an original camping adventure story, analyze characters and setting, identify key details, sequence events, and explore mood and sensory language.

Students collaboratively create a visual character profile analyzing motivations, thoughts, decisions, beliefs, and values.

This four-page worksheet explores Chinese New Year and Ramadan through their fasting, feasting, family, and symbolic food traditions.

Students analyze a character’s personality traits using actions, thoughts, dialogue, and direct textual evidence.

This five-page activity pack introduces students to the history and purpose of World Teachers' Day.