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Science
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Advanced Placement (AP)

Math Courses

CourseTextbookAdditional Materials Needed

Accelerated Grade 1-6 Math

None. (Worksheets automatically generated by software)

None.

Problem Solving Series

None. (Print activities included with course materials)

None.

Competitive Math for
High School Students
The Art of Problem Solving, Volume 2: and Beyond, by Rusczyk and Lehoczky, 7th Ed. ArtofProblemSolving.com ISBN: 978-0-9773045-8-5Graphing calculator recommended, such as
TI-83 PLUS or
TI-84 PLUS
Cryptography:
Math & Codes
The Cryptoclub: Using Mathematics to Make and Break Secret Codes. Janet Beissinger and Vera Pless (AK Peters, 2006) ISBN: 978-156881-223-6 .

Honors Geometry

Geometry, 2000 edition by Jurgensen, Brown, & Jurgensen; McDougal Litell.
ISBN:
0395977274

None.

Honors Prealgebra

None. (Lecture notes are on the course website.)

None


Honors Algebra I

None. (Lecture notes are on the course website.)

Graphing calculator recommended, such as
TI-83 PLUS or
TI-84 PLUS


Honors Algebra II

None. (Lecture notes are on the course website.)

Honors Precalculus with Trigonometry

Honors Trigonometry

None. (Lecture notes are on the course website.)

Graphing calculator required, such as
TI-83 PLUS*
TI-84 PLUS
TI-85
TI-86
* Recommended

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus BC

Although no textbooks are required for Calculus AB and BC, students may find it helpful to use a single variable calculus textbook as a reference book, such as Calculus of a Single Variable (8th ed.) by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards; Houghton Mifflin. ISBN: 0618503048.

Graphing calculator required, such as
TI-83 PLUS
TI-84 PLUS
TI-85
TI-86
TI-89*
*Recommended

Linear Algebra

Linear Algebra and its Applications by David Lay, 3rd ed; Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 0321287134

Multivariable CalculusCalculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart, 5th ed; Brooks/ColeThomson Learning. ISBN:0534393217
Differential EquationsElementary Differential Equations by Boyce and DiPrima, 9th Ed; ISBN-10: 047003940X, ISBN-13: 978-0470039403

Computer Science and Technology Courses

CourseTextbookAdditional Materials Needed
Introduction to Web Design

Web Design for Teens by Maneesh Sethi; Course Technology PTR.
ISBN:
1592006078

None
JavaScript

JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide by John Pollock; Osbourne-McGraw Hill, 2009; ISBN 978-0071632959

None

Introduction to Java Programming

Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive Version, by Y. Daniel Liang [8th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011]. ISBN 0-13-213080-7

Java 2 SDK

Advanced Java Programming

Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive Version, by Y. Daniel Liang [8th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011]. ISBN 0-13-213080-7

Java 2 SDK

Science Courses

CourseTextbookAdditional Materials Needed
Introduction to Forensics

Saferstein, Richard, Basic Laboratory Exercises for Forensic Science. [Upper Saddle River, N.J. Prentice Hall, 2007.] ISBN 0-13-221627-2

Required
Lab Kit;

Any Microscope

Writing & Language Arts Courses

Most writing materials are provided by CTY. Only the courses listed below require additional purchases.
CourseTextbookAdditional Materials Needed
Young Readers SeriesPlease Note: Although pagination is based on the listed editions any version/edition of these books can be used!
YRS: Greek Myths Revisited

Gr. 4 & 5

The Fire Thief by Terry Deary (Kingfisher, 2007) ISBN 978-0753461181, The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu (Atheneum, 2007) ISBN 978-1416905882; Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (Hyperion, 2010) ISBN 978-1423113393,
YRS: In Search Of

Gr. 4 & 5

The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer (Puffin 2007) ISBN 0142-40933-2 (used) or 9780142409336 (new); The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (Yearling, 2009) ISBN 0385-75184-2; The Time Travelers by Linda Buckle-Archer (Simon & Schuster, 2007) ISBN 1416-91526-5 [also published under the name Gideon the Cutpurse ISBN 1416-91657-1]

 
YRS: Magical Life Lessons

Gr. 4 & 5

Matilda by Roald Dahl (Puffin, 1998) ISBN 0141301066, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic Paperbacks, 2001) ISBN 0439136369, and Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic Trade Paperback, 2005) ISBN 0439709105.
YRS: On Our Own

Gr. 4 & 5

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Dell-Yearling, 2003) ISBN 0440418518, Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (Hyperion Paperback, 2004) ISBN 0786816589 and The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic Paperback, 2003) ISBN 0545227704
YRS: Quests & Challenges

Gr. 4 & 5

The Thirty-Nine Clues (The Maze of Bones) by Rick Riordan (Hyperion, 2010) ISBN 978-0545060394, First Test (Protector of the Small) by Tamora Pierce (Laurel-Leaf, 2007) ISBN 978-0679-88917-5, and The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Little, Brown, 2008) ISBN 978-0-316-00395-7
YRS: The Right Stuff 

Gr. 4 & 5

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman (Holiday House, 1994 ) ISBN 082341082X; Almost Astronauts: Thirteen Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone ( Candlewick, 2009) ISBN 0763645028Electric Dreams: by Caroline Kettlewell (Da Capo Press, 2006 ) ISBN  0786714859
YRS: Robot Encounters

Gr. 2 & 3

Tom Swift - Young Inventor (The Robot Olympics) by Victor Appleton (Alladin, 2006) ISBN 978-1416913610, Eager by Helen Fox (Yearling, 2006) ISBN 978-0553487954, H.I.V.E. [Higher Institute of Villainous Education] by Mark Walden (Simon & Schuster, 2008) ISBN 978-1416935728
YRS: Mystery Stories

Gr. 2 & 3

The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John (Puffin Books, 2008) ISBN 9780142411520 ; Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas) by Tracy Mack and Michael Green (Scholastic, 2009) ISBN 978-0-545-06939-7. The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin (Puffin, 2009) ISBN 978-0-14-241388-3.
YRS: Good Dogs

Gr. 2 & 3

Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan (Harper Collins, 2007) ISBN 9780061240355; Listen! By Stephanie S. Tolan (Harper Collins, 2006) ISBN 9780060579371; and The Good Dog by Avi (Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003) ISBN 0689838247.
YRS: Dragon Tales

Gr. 2 & 3

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville (Magic Carpet Books, 2007) ISBN 978-015-206252-1 , Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Magic Carpet Books, 2002) ISBN 015204566X, Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George (Bloomsbury, 2008) ISBN 1599902753.

Language Rules: From Structure to Style

Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects, 6th edition, by Martha Kolln and Loretta Gray, Longman Publishers (www.pearsonhighered.com). Compare prices online with ISBN 9780205706754, but delivery is slower and unreliable. Make sure that you have the SIXTH edition. Earlier editions are quite different. Order at least two weeks before the start date.

None.

Music

CourseTextbookAdditional Materials Needed
Fundamentals
of
Music

Essentials of Music Theory: Complete
By Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, and Morton Manus

ISBN 10: 0739000497
ISBN 13: 9780739000496

FORMAT: CD

International Student Notes:

  1. Please purchase at least 4 weeks before start of course.

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Internet connection

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Skype

Foreign Language Courses

CourseTextbookAdditional Materials Needed
Arabic

ARL1 and AR11

 Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds [With DVD] (Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program) (Arabic Edition) [Paperback] by Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal; Abbas Al-Tonsi.
   

I SBN: 9781589016323.

AR12,
AR13,
AR 21,
AR 22,
AR23,
AR24

2 Textbooks:
Ahlan Wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners: Sound and Script Workbook by Mahdi Alosh (Yale University Press, 2009) ISBN: 978-0300-140484, 0300140487
AND
Ahlan Wa Sahlan: Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners by Mahdi Alosh revised with Allen Clark (Book, DVD, & CD) (Arabic Edition) [Hardcover] (Second Edition, Yale University Press, 2009) ISBN: 0300122721

Suggested Resource Material (not required): Oxford Picture Dictionary English/Arabic
ISBN: 0194740102
Chinese

CHL1,
CHL2

Ni Hao, Volume 1 Textbook with Software Download, Revised Edition (Simplified) by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein ISBN: 9781876739065 www.cheng-tsui.com
Ni Hao, Volume 1 Workbook, Revised Edition (Simplified) by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein ISBN: 9781876739072 www.cheng-tsui.com

CHL3,
CHL4

Ni Hao, Volume 2 Textbook, 3rd Edition (Simplified) by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein - ISBN: 9781876739485 www.cheng-tsui.com
Ni Hao, Volume 2 Workbook, 3rd Edition (Simplified) by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein ISBN: 9781876739492 www.cheng-tsui.com

CHL5,
CHL6

Ni Hao, Volume 3 Textbook with Software Download, 3rd Edition (Simplified) by Shumang Fredlein, Paul Fredlein - ISBN: 9781876739546 - www.cheng-tsui.com
Ni Hao, Volume 3 Workbook, 3rd Edition (Simplified) by Paul Fredlein
ISBN: 9781876739553 www.cheng-tsui.com

CHL 7Discovering  Chinese Volume 3 Student Textbook (Simplified) ISBN 9789629782481
CH11

Chinese Odyssey, Vol. 1, Textbook (Simplified & Traditional) - Innovative Chinese Courseware by Xueying Wang, Li-Chuang Chi, Liping Feng
ISBN: 9780887275388 www.cheng-tsui.com
AND
Chinese Odyssey, Vol. 1 Workbook (Simplified & Traditional) Innovative Chinese Courseware
by Xueying Wang, Li-chuang Chi, Liping Feng
ISBN: 9780887275395 www.cheng-tsui.com

CH12,
CH13

Chinese Odyssey, Volume 2 Combined Textbook (Traditional and Simplified)Innovative Chinese Courseware by Xueying Wang, Li-chuang Chi, Liping Feng ISBN: 9780887275401 www.cheng-tsui.com
Chinese Odyssey, Volume 2 Combined Workbook (Traditional and Simplified) Innovative Chinese Courseware by Xueying Wang, Li-chuang Chi, Liping Feng ISBN: 9780887275418 www.cheng-tsui.com

CH21,
CH22,
CH23,
CH24

Chinese Odyssey, Vols. 3 & 4 Textbook (Simplified) Innovative Chinese Courseware by Xueying Wang, Li-chuang Chi, Liping Feng
ISBN: 9780887274954 www.cheng-tsui.com
Chinese Odyssey, Vols. 3 & 4, Workbook (Simplified) by Xueying Wang, Li-chuang Chi, Liping Feng
ISBN: 9780887275098 www.cheng-tsui.com

CH31
CH32

Chinese Odyssey, Vol. 5 Textbook (Simplified & Traditional) By Xueying Wang, Li-chuang Chi, Liping Feng ISBN: 9780887275142 www.cheng-tsui.com

No workbook is needed for these two courses.

CH33
CH34

Chinese Odyssey, Vol. 6 Textbook (Simplified & Traditional) Innovative Chinese Courseware by Xueying Wang, Lichuang Chi, Liping Feng ISBN 9780887275159

 No workbook is needed for these two courses.

AP Chinese

Magical Tour of China, (Vol 4 Textbook) ISBN: 9629781565 ; Magical Tour of China (Vol 4 Workbook)
9629781530

Chinese-English Dictionary, while not required, may be helpful
Spanish
SPL1

Espanol para chicos y grandes - an interactive Spanish Course for Children and Parents Level 1 Textbook 2nd ed. All Bilingual Press; ISBN: 0-978-0-9822887-7-1 www.allbilingual.com AND
Espanol para chicos y grandes - an interactive Spanish Course for Children and Parents (Grammar and Exercise Manual) www.allbilingual.com - ISBN: 09780982288795

SPL2
SPL3

Español para chicos y grandes - An Interactive Spanish Course for Elementary and Middle School Children Level II Textbook www.allbilingual.com - ISBN: 0-978-0-9822887-0-2
AND
Español para chicos y grandes - An Interactive Spanish Course for Elementary and Middle School Children Level 2 (Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises Manual) www.allbilingual.com - ISBN: 0-978-0-9745032-9-5

SP11
SP12
SP13

Spanish Now! Level 1 with CDs by Ruth Silverstein (author), Allen Pomerantz, Ph.D. (author), Haywood Wald, Ph.D. (author), Nathan Quinones (Editor) (Barron's Educational Series, 7th Ed., Oct, 2005). ISBN-10: 0764177745

AP Courses

CourseTextbook or KitAdditional
Materials
Needed

AP Biology

None Required

None

AP Chemistry

Quality Science Labs: Micro Chem Kit, Standard Edition.

[Note: Some Microchem Labs require a balance, which is NOT provided with the MicroChem lab kit. You can find inexpensive jewelry scales on amazon.com . When you perform the MicroChem labs that require a balance, you will need one with a sensitivity of 0.01 g.]
AP Chinese Language and Culture

Magical Tour of China, (Vol 4 Textbook) ISBN: 9629781565 ; Magical Tour of China (Vol 4 Workbook)
9629781530

Chinese-English Dictionary, while not required, may be useful

AP Language and Composition

Cliffs AP English Language and Composition, 3rd edition (new in 2006),
If not in stock locally, compare prices here: ISBN:
0764586858

Order it now, as future lessons will use this material. (Note: the downloadable e-book version only allows you to print pages every 7 days. Choose it as a last resort.)

None.

AP Macroeconomics

None.

None.

AP Microeconomics

Microeconomics, by Paul Krugman and Robin Wells, Worth Publishers, ISBN 0716752298

None.

AP Physics B

(1) Physics with Mastering Physics by James Walker. 4th ed. (hardcover, Addison-Wesley, 2009) 0321541634 or buy 2 volume paperback edition 0321597516 (vol. 1) and 0321597508 (vol. 2).
PLUS
(2) Quality Science Labs:
QSL Physics Lab Kit

AP Psychology

To purchase the individual access code for the PsycPortal materials (which includes a full e-Book version of the text Myers' Psychology, 9th ed. in Modules as well as assessment and study tools), please visit http://courses.bfwpub.com/myers9einmodules.php The cost is approximately $65.00.

Cracking the AP Psychology Exam, 2011 Edition (College Test Prep) by Princeton Review, Random House, ISBN-13: 978-0375427800

None.

AP US Government and Politics

None.

None.

AP US HistoryTo purchase the individual access code for the online materials (which includes a full e-book version of the text History Class for America's History, 6th ed. as well as assessment and study tools), please visit http://courses.bfwpub.com/henretta6e.php . The cost is approximately $62.95.None

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