For Alberta Educators

CLAIR: Unlock Your Classroom's Potential

The Comprehensive Learning Assessment and Instruction Resource — built for Alberta educators, designed for every learner.

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Introducing CLAIR

The Comprehensive Learning Assessment and Instruction Resource

CLAIR brings together everything Alberta teachers need to plan, deliver, and assess high-quality lessons in Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies — from Grade 4 through Grade 9. One unified platform with curriculum-aligned content, ready-to-use lesson plans, multi-media presentations, differentiated activities, and built-in assessments.

Why CLAIR?

Everything you need for a great lesson, in one place.

E-book covering Knowledge, Understanding, Skills and Procedures

Teacher Lesson Plans (ready-to-use or adaptable)

Multi-media presentations for each lesson

Student exercises and differentiated activities

Formative and Summative assessments

Upload options for custom educator content

French language version with matching features

Empowering Alberta Educators, Inspiring Young Minds

Curriculum-Aligned

Built around the Alberta Program of Study so what you teach lines up with what's required.

Pedagogically Sound

Grounded in research-informed practice with a focus on deep understanding and critical thinking.

Classroom Ready

Lesson plans, slides, activities, and assessments — ready to use or adapt to your classroom.

What is CLAIR?

Four pillars that define a smarter approach to teaching and learning.

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Comprehensive

A single repository of assessments, materials, and resources that grows with your classroom.

02

Learning-Focused

Supports deep understanding, transfer, and critical thinking — not just coverage.

03

Assessment-Driven

Tracks student progress and surfaces the data teachers need to inform instruction.

04

Instructional Support

Diverse lesson plans and differentiated strategies to meet every learner where they are.

Subject Deep Dive

Mathematics: Grades 4 to 9

Conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and problem-solving — built across five strands and applied throughout every grade.

Mathematics lesson materials

Grade 4

  • Whole numbers to 10,000
  • Decimals (tenths/hundredths)
  • Multiplication & division
  • Fractions
  • Area & perimeter
  • Bar graphs

Grade 5

  • Numbers to 1,000,000
  • Decimals to thousandths
  • Fraction/decimal equivalence
  • Volume
  • Transformations
  • Probability

Grade 6

  • Integers
  • Ratios
  • Percent
  • Order of operations
  • Surface area
  • Circle geometry
  • Data analysis

Grade 7 (Draft 2025)

  • Operations on integers
  • Operations on fractions and decimals
  • Equations with terms on both sides
  • Circles; volume of prisms and cylinders
  • Domain and range of functions
  • Theoretical and experimental probability

Grade 8 (Draft 2025)

  • Operations on rational numbers
  • Classify and simplify polynomials
  • Linear equations with rational numbers
  • Surface area of 3-D shapes via 2-D models
  • Slope of linear functions
  • Bar graphs, histograms, sample space

Grade 9 (Draft 2025)

  • Real numbers, irrationals, scientific notation
  • Expand and factor polynomials
  • Linear inequalities and simple quadratics
  • Function and set-builder notation
  • Composite 3-D volume; pyramid surface area
  • Box plots; mutually exclusive events

The Five Strands

1

Number

Number sense, place value, operations, fractions, decimals, integers.

2

Patterns & Relations

Variables, equations, algebraic thinking.

3

Shape & Space

Geometry, measurement, transformations.

4

Statistics & Probability

Data collection, graphing, probability.

5

Mental Math & Estimation

Applied throughout all strands.

Subject Deep Dive

Science: Grades 4 to 9

Inquiry-driven science covering the full Alberta scope — from waste systems and simple machines to chemistry, physics, and environmental science.

Science lab materials

Grade 4

  • Waste & Our World
  • Wheels & Levers
  • Building Devices & Vehicles That Move
  • Light & Shadows
  • Plant Growth & Changes

Grade 5

  • Electricity & Magnetism
  • Mechanisms Using Electricity
  • Classroom Chemistry
  • Weather Watch
  • Wetland Ecosystems

Grade 6

  • Air & Aerodynamics
  • Flight
  • Sky Science
  • Evidence & Investigation
  • Trees & Forests

Grade 7 (2003 Curriculum)

  • Interactions & Ecosystems
  • Plants for Food & Fibre
  • Heat & Temperature
  • Structures & Forces
  • Planet Earth

Grade 8 (2003 Curriculum)

  • Cells & Systems
  • Optics & Vision
  • Fluids
  • Mechanical Systems
  • Fresh & Salt Water Systems

Grade 9 (2003 Curriculum)

  • Biological Diversity
  • Matter & Chemical Change
  • Electrical Principles & Technologies
  • Space Exploration
  • Environmental Chemistry

Science Foundations

The four foundations that anchor every Science lesson.

1

Science, Technology & Society (STS)

2

Knowledge

3

Skills

4

Attitudes

Subject Deep Dive

Social Studies: Grades 4 to 9

Alberta-rooted Social Studies — pre-Confederation Canada, ancient civilizations, democracy, governance, and citizenship — fully aligned with the new 2025 curriculum.

Social Studies classroom

Grade 4 (New 2025)

  • Changes in power and influence in pre-Confederation Canada
  • Jacques Cartier, early settlements & New France
  • Samuel de Champlain and the founding of Quebec City
  • Treaty of Paris and British transfer
  • United Empire Loyalists
  • Rebellions of 1837, responsible government & Confederation
  • Fur trade and natural resources
  • Citizenship rights and responsibilities

Grade 5 (New 2025)

  • Rise and fall of ancient civilizations
  • Environment's influence on ancient civilizations
  • Economic practices, trade networks, taxes
  • Authoritarian governments and social systems
  • Legacies of ancient civilizations
  • Informed citizenship

Grade 6 (New 2025)

  • Principles of democracy
  • Ancient Athenian direct democracy
  • Roman Republic representative democracy
  • Haudenosaunee Confederacy decision making
  • Provincial and federal government in Canada
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • Formal and informal civic participation
  • Discrimination and racism

Grade 7 (Draft 2025)

  • Expansion of the Dominion of Canada
  • Confederation, Canadian Pacific Railway, western settlement
  • Impacts of expansion on Métis and First Nations
  • North-West Mounted Police / RCMP
  • Canada's role in the First World War
  • National Policy; regional economies; banking
  • Democratic structures and constitutional documents
  • Evolving rights, discrimination, multiculturalism

Grade 8 (Draft 2025)

  • Ideologies: individualism and collectivism
  • Political spectrum and Canadian parties
  • Economic systems: production, consumption, distribution
  • Types of economic systems and impacts
  • Government structures and democratic systems
  • Party systems and civic engagement
  • Democratic process in practice

Grade 9 (Draft 2025)

  • Canadian urbanization and post-WWII growth
  • Industrial growth and transformation
  • WWII and post-WWII international role
  • Challenges to national unity; residential schools
  • Federal electoral process; executive and legislative branches
  • Legislation, justice system, Youth Criminal Justice Act
  • Mixed economy; trade agreements
  • Immigration, multiculturalism, constitutional changes
  • Canadian rights and responsibilities

Social Studies Dimensions

Five dimensions that organize how students explore the world.

1

Time, Continuity & Change

2

The Land: Places & People

3

Power, Authority & Governance

4

Economics & Resources

5

Global Connections

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Designed for Alberta, By Alberta Educators

CLAIR isn't a generic platform retrofitted for Alberta — it was built here, with the people who teach here.

Teacher-Informed Design

Built with input from practising Alberta educators so the resources actually fit how classrooms run.

Program of Study Alignment

Every lesson is mapped to Alberta's Program of Study — including the new 2025 curriculum drafts.

Practical & Purposeful

Materials you can drop into Monday morning — or adapt for the long arc of a unit.

Key Features & Benefits

Engaging Content

Multi-media presentations and activities designed to hold attention and deepen learning.

Differentiated Instruction

Strategies and exercises that meet learners across the ability spectrum.

Formative & Summative Assessments

Built-in checks for understanding plus end-of-unit assessment tools.

Professional Development

Resources and supports that help teachers grow alongside their students.

Transforming Learning Experiences

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Core Subjects

Maths, Science & Social Studies

K–9
Grade Range

Full Alberta school curriculum coverage

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Platform

All resources in one unified place

"Thousands of Alberta educators are already teaching smarter with CLAIR."

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Two easy ways to take the next step with CLAIR.

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A personalized walkthrough of the platform — see exactly how CLAIR fits your classroom or school.

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Free Resources

Sample materials, no sign-up required — get a feel for the CLAIR approach before you commit.

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