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Grade 4–10

California Curriculum (CCSS/NGSS)

From place value and fractions to California's Gold Rush and the DNA molecule, this curriculum covers mathematics, English, science, and social studies for Grades 4-10. Aligned to California's Common Core and NGSS standards, it explores questions like: How do ratios and proportional reasoning connect arithmetic to financial literacy? What drove the Age of Revolution, and how do those forces still shape the modern world? How does natural selection work at the molecular level?

Saturn and its rings photographed by the Cassini spacecraft

Saturn and its iconic ring system photographed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

History

  • California History Grade 4 Discover how California's mountains, deserts, and coasts shaped the lives of Native peoples long before European arrival.You'll explore the diverse tribes, languages, and trade networks that thrived across the region, then trace the first encounters between Spanish explorers and California's Indigenous communities.
  • US History Grade 5 Discover how Native American civilizations built complex societies and empires long before Europeans arrived, then explore what happened when two worlds collided through exploration and trade.You'll examine the Aztec, Maya, and Inca achievements, trace early explorers' routes, and understand how the Columbian Exchange transformed both continents—and why the thirteen colonies developed so differently from each other.
  • Ancient Civilizations Grade 6 Discover how geography shaped the first civilizations and why the invention of farming changed everything.You'll explore ancient Sumer, decode cuneiform writing, and understand how cities, governments, and religions emerged from small settlements.
  • Medieval and Early Modern World Grade 7 Explore how empires rose and fell across Europe, the Middle East, and beyond from roughly 500 to 1500 CE.You'll trace the Byzantine Empire's legacy, understand Islam's origins and rapid spread, and discover how medieval societies—from Constantinople to Baghdad—made breakthroughs in science, art, and learning that still influence us today.
  • US History Grade 8 Explore how America's colonies developed distinct identities, why they rebelled against British rule, and how they fought for and won independence.You'll trace the path from early settlements through the Revolutionary War, examining the ideas and conflicts that shaped a new nation.
  • World History Grade 10 Explore how ideas about reason and individual rights sparked revolutions across the Atlantic, reshaped Europe through nationalism and industrialization, and fundamentally changed the world between 1650 and 1850.You'll trace the connections between Enlightenment philosophy and the American, French, and Haitian revolutions, then examine how those same forces drove independence movements in Latin America and the unification of Italy and Germany.

English Language Arts

  • English Language Arts Grade 4 Reading stories and poetry, writing opinion pieces, and building vocabulary — Grade 4 ELA aligned to California CCSS. Explores questions like: How do authors use structure to shape a story? What makes an argument convincing? How do you gather and synthesise information from multiple sources?
  • English Language Arts Grade 5 Synthesising information across texts, crafting evidence-based arguments, and exploring how figurative language shapes meaning — Grade 5 ELA aligned to California CCSS. Explores questions like: How do authors use structure to make an argument? What makes a source credible? How can a single theme appear very differently in two stories?
  • English Language Arts Grade 6 Analysing point of view, tracing arguments in nonfiction, and writing with evidence — Grade 6 ELA aligned to California CCSS. Explores questions like: How does an author's perspective shape what they write? What makes evidence convincing? How do you evaluate a source before trusting it?
  • English Language Arts Grade 7 Analysing how theme, character, and author choices create meaning — Grade 7 ELA aligned to California CCSS. Explores questions like: How does an author's choices shape what a reader feels? What makes an argument strong or weak? How do you synthesise information from competing sources?
  • English Language Arts Grade 8 Tracing themes in complex fiction, analysing rhetoric in foundational documents, and writing sustained arguments — Grade 8 ELA aligned to California CCSS. Explores questions like: How does dialogue reveal character? What makes a persuasive argument stand up to scrutiny? How do adaptations transform the meaning of a source text?

Mathematics

  • Mathematics Grade 4 You'll master multiplication and division as tools for comparing quantities, tackle multi-step problems using all four operations, and discover the patterns hidden in numbers and sequences.By understanding how place value works up to the millions, you'll build a solid foundation for more advanced math.
  • Mathematics Grade 5 You'll master the tools that make complex math problems solvable: parentheses, order of operations, and place value patterns.By analyzing number patterns and graphing coordinates, you'll see how mathematical rules create predictable relationships—skills that unlock everything from algebra to real-world problem-solving.
  • Mathematics Grade 6 Grade 6 Mathematics aligned to CCSS — ratios, the number system, expressions and equations, geometry, statistics, and financial literacy.
  • Mathematics Grade 7 Seventh-grade mathematics covering ratios and proportional relationships, the number system, expressions and equations, geometry, statistics and probability, and applied financial literacy. Students develop algebraic thinking — writing and solving equations, graphing proportional relationships, and reasoning with negative numbers — while seeing how mathematics connects to real-world problems.
  • Mathematics Grade 8 An eighth-grade mathematics course aligned to the California Common Core State Standards. Covers the real number system, linear equations, systems of equations, functions, geometric transformations, the Pythagorean Theorem, and bivariate statistics. Explores questions like: How do you know a number is irrational? What does it mean for two figures to be similar?
  • Algebra I Learn to work with variables and equations to solve real problems, from figuring out unknown quantities to graphing relationships between two things.You'll master the tools that make algebra the foundation for all higher math.
  • Geometry You'll build the logical foundation of geometry by learning how mathematicians prove that shapes and angles behave the way they do—from triangle congruence to parallel lines—and discover why a scale drawing of a building has the same angles as the real thing.

Science

  • Science Grade 4 You'll investigate how energy moves and transforms all around you—from collisions and waves to light, sound, and electricity—and design your own devices that put these forces to work solving real problems.
  • Science Grade 5 Discover why salt dissolves in water but sand doesn't, how scientists know matter is made of invisible particles, and what happens to stuff when it burns or freezes.You'll measure, predict, and gather evidence to understand the hidden rules that govern everything around you.
  • Earth Science Grade 6 Discover how scientists read Earth's biography written in rock and fossils.You'll learn to date ancient rocks, interpret what fossils reveal about past life and climates, and understand how Earth's layered interior drives the planet's dynamic surface.
  • Life Science Grade 7 Discover how cells are the building blocks of all life and how they work together to keep organisms alive.You'll explore what happens inside cells during photosynthesis and respiration, trace how cells divide to help you grow, and see how individual cells organize into the tissues and organs that make your body function.
  • Physical Science Grade 8 Discover why materials behave the way they do by exploring atoms, elements, and chemical reactions.You'll learn to predict how substances will interact, understand what happens during transformations, and use the periodic table to unlock the properties of matter itself.
  • Biology Grade 9 Discover how cells work as self-contained systems—from the structures that control what enters and exits, to the chemical reactions that power life itself.You'll explore how cells maintain balance, replicate their DNA, and convert energy, building a foundation for understanding all living organisms.
  • Chemistry Grade 10 Discover how atoms actually work by exploring the particles inside them and how they're arranged.You'll learn why elements behave the way they do, how atoms bond together to form everything around you, and use the periodic table as a tool to predict chemical behavior.

English

  • English Language Arts Grade 9 Discover how writers shape meaning through character choices, vivid language, and deliberate storytelling techniques.You'll analyze complex texts closely, compare how stories transform across different versions and genres, and learn to support your interpretations with textual evidence.
  • English Language Arts Grade 10 You'll read literature from around the world and learn to untangle complex writing—dense sentences, hidden meanings, and layered symbolism.By analyzing texts through different critical lenses, you'll discover how universal themes like justice and identity play out across cultures, and you'll develop the skills to synthesize information from multiple sources on global issues.

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