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All 36 weeks of 9th grade math, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
Open the free Week 1 lesson See plans
Each lesson walks through a worked example, then hands-on or visual practice (ten-frames, fraction bars, number lines, coordinate planes), then a quiz that grades itself.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Variables, expressions, properties of real numbers | |
| 2 | Evaluating & simplifying expressions; order of operations with variables | |
| 3 | Solving one-step & two-step equations; checking by substitution | |
| 4 | Multi-step equations: clear fractions, then word to equation | |
| 5 | Solving equations with variables on both sides | |
| 6 | Inequalities intro → graph on number line; compound preview | |
| 7 | Absolute value equations & inequalities | |
| 8 | Equation/inequality mixed mastery; error analysis | |
| 9 | Linear inequalities in two variables; graph half-planes intro |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Relations vs functions; function notation f(x) | |
| 11 | Linear functions: slope as rate; slope-intercept form | |
| 12 | Writing linear equations from tables/graphs/stories | |
| 13 | Systems of linear equations: graphing method | |
| 14 | Systems: substitution method; consistency/inconsistency | |
| 15 | Systems: elimination method; applications (mixture/money) | |
| 16 | Systems mastery mixed; introduce inequalities systems lite | |
| 17 | Exponent rules; scientific notation bridge | |
| 18 | Polynomial vocab; add/subtract polynomials |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Multiply polynomials; special products | |
| 20 | Polynomial mastery; factoring preview | |
| 21 | Factoring trinomials; GCF; difference of squares | |
| 22 | Factoring mastery; solve by factoring intro | |
| 23 | Quadratic equations intro: what a parabola models | |
| 24 | Quadratic formula preview; graphing quadratics from vertex form lite | |
| 25 | Quadratic applications; projectile / area models | |
| 26 | Complete quadratic unit: factor, square root, formula paths | |
| 27 | Algebra mixed review: linear → quadratic spiral |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | EOC-style algebra practice set 1 | |
| 29 | Algebra fluency clinic: error patterns | |
| 30 | Word problems clinic; modeling with functions | |
| 31 | Cumulative algebra practice exam (timed lite) | |
| 32 | Algebra weak-spot reteach based on practice exam | |
| 33 | Algebra EOC-style mastery exam A | |
| 34 | Algebra EOC-style mastery exam B / remediation | |
| 35 | Algebra gap clinic | |
| 36 | Algebra I credit evidence summary |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 math lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 50–60 minutes a day for math. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Each full-year course is worth 1.0 credit on the parent-issued transcript. Colleges set their own admission rules, so check with the schools your teen is considering.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.