Secondary education. The Northern Irish equivalent is Year 9 or Second Form, the second year of secondary education. It is rare for pupils younger than 12-13 to enter Year 8. United States In the United States, in mathematics, 7th grade students begin to go more into pre-algebra or the beginnings of algebra including ratios, proportions, and percentages. New topics sometimes include scientific notation, concepts with negative numbers or integers, and more advanced geometry. Some schools allow advanced students to take an Algebra I course instead of following the standard 7th grade math curriculum early in the United States. In social studies, advanced pre-Civil War History is taught. Though American history is usually the most common, other cultures and time periods may sometimes be taught, including state and capital history (in, for example, Texas and South Carolina), and European history (in Connecticut and New Jersey). In science, it is usually moderate-level biology, although 7th graders can also study life science, physical science, and earth science topics too. In some parts of the United States, the students have a different class/teacher for each of their subjects, and so the students change and rotate classrooms at the end of each classroom period. Foreign language is often introduced at this level, 7th graders can often choose from several different languages depending on their school's language abilities. In English language arts, students learn about theme, citing textual evidence, characterization, figurative language, compare and contrast, writing narratives, writing research reports, writing explanatory essays, and writing persuiave and argumentative pieces. In the United States 41 states have implemented Common Core standards for 7th grade curriculum. Key English and Language Arts Common Core Standards for 7th grade students include: Ability to cite textual evidence to support analysis and inferences drawn from the text Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters in a text Compare and contrast a written work to its audio, staged, or multimedia counterpart, including analysis of the effects of techniques unique to each medium See also Educational stage References External links 7th grade math practice 7 Secondary education