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The courses listed below are those that require "extra" materials which the student or district needs to provide. Most are common items found in most high schools or public libraries. ISBN numbers for books are provided for your convenience in the event you cannot obtain the book locally.

(PLEASE NOTE: If a book has been published more than once it will be available under more than one ISBN number. In almost all cases, the text of the book is exactly the same. In other words, don't worry if your version of the book has a different ISBN number than listed here.)

Many books can be purchased at a reduced price from one of the online used book sellers listed here:

Abe Books
www.abebooks.com
Alibris
www.alibris.com
Book Finder
www.bookfinder.com
BookBytes (textbooks)
www.bookbyte.com
Textbooks.com
www.textbooks.com

Courses are listed in alphabetical order. If a course is not listed it does not require the student or district to provide any materials.

- this course is a concurrent enrollment course with Lake Superior College.  Students can earn 5 college credits.

CouseSemester/ModuleItem
Author
ISBN #
 
AP English Language & Composition
1st Semester
Meno
Plato0-02-360770-X 
 The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald0-68480152-3 
 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall DownAnn Fadiman0-374-52564-1 
 
 
 

2nd Semester

Choose ONE

FoxfireJoyce Carol Oates0-45227231-9 
 Four Letters of LoveNiall Williams0-446-67493-1 
 Wide Sargasso SeaJean Rhys0-393-30880-4 
 In the Lake of the WoodsTim O'Brien0-14-025094-8 
 Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale0-06-093141-8 
 
 
 2nd Semester
There Are No Children Here Alex Kotlowitz0-385-26556-5 
 Savage InequalitiesJonathan Kozol0-06-097499-0 
 GatekeepersJacques Steinberg0-14200308-5 
 
AP English Literature & Composition

 Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense Arp/Johnson 009 Wadsworth Publishing, 2006
1-41300654-X 
  Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
1-85326023-1 
  Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
9780143039433
 
  Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte0-45152925-1 
  Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad9781420922349 
  The Hollow Men T.S. Eliot9780786102488 
  Beloved Toni Morrison9781400033416 
  The AwakeningKate Chopin9780380002450 
 
 
 

Module 3

Choose ONE for a research paper

Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan9780143038092 
 The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams9780811214049 
 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain9781593080006 
 The Color Purple Alice Walker9780156028356 
 
 
 

Module 9

Choose ONE

Things Fall Apart
Achebe Chinua9780072435184 
 Cry the Beloved Country Alan Paton9780743261951 
 Othello William Shakespeare9781411400399 
 A House Made of Dawn N.Scott Momaday9780060931940 
 
 
 SuggestedCliffs AP English Literature and Composition Preparation Guide 9780764586866 
 Barron's How to Prepare for the AP English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement Examination George Ehrenhaft9780764127809 
 
Biology
Lab Equipment: Many of the labs will require household items. A list of recommended items is listed here by module. 
 

Module 1:
Start Pedaling!

2 or 3-inch notebook/binder
   
 8 dividers for the notebook
   
 Paper for your printer
   
 SCION Image Processing Software

 Free Download

For Windows select: SCION Image Beta 4.02 for Windows 95 to XP

For the Macintosh select: Scion Image 1.63 for MacOS 7.5-9.2.2

  
 
 
 Module 2:
Cellular City
Raw egg
   
 String or thread or yarn
   
 Ruler
   
 White vinegar
   
 Mayonnaise jar with lid
   
 Apple
   
 2 jar lids
   
 Plastic wrap   
 
 
 

Module 6:
Fungus Farm

Spore Print Lab

1 whole mushroom cap (may come with cap and stem/stipe) from the grocery store
   
 1/4 piece of white paper
   
 hand lens (magnifying lens) if you have one   
 
 
 

Module 6:
Fungus Farm

Fungus Experiment 1

Substrate material: 4 slices of bread
   
 4 sandwich bags with a tie, or "zip lock"
   
 A marker to label the bags
   
 4 damp, NOT WET, paper towels
   
 hand lens/magnifying glass if you have one   
 
 
 

Module 6:
Fungus Farm

Fungus Experiment 2

A teaspoon measure
   
 Active dry yeast (used in baking bread--do not use quick-rising varieties.)    
 2 empty & clean (14-20 oz.) soda bottles.
   
 1 (14-20 oz.) Coke/Diet Coke/Sprite- open and allow to go flat overnight
   
 Sugar
   
 

5 identical round, thin latex balloons

"water balloons" are slow to expand. Non-Mylar® "helium-quality" balloons give good results, but water balloons will work.  
 String or yarn
   
 Ruler   
 
 
 

Module 7:
Animal Safari

Chromatography Lab

Goggles protective eye wear   
 Leaves see lab for explanation   
 5 small jars baby food jars work well. You can also use mayo jars, jelly jars, etc...   
 Covers for jars or aluminum foil or plastic wrap    
 Rubbing alcohol
   
 Paper coffee filters
   
 Shallow pan
   
 Hot tap water
   
 Tape
   
 Pen or marker
   
 Plastic knife or spoon
   
 Clock or timer    
 Ruler   
 
 
 3-D Neurons
Red/Blue 3-D glasses if you have them.    
 

Chemistry

- this course is a concurrent enrollment course with Lake Superior College.  Students can earn 5 college credits.

All Year

1 Graduated Cylinder

5 Test Tubes

   
Safety Goggles
   
1 Immersion Thermometer
   
ChemLab Software - WindowsProduct Keys and download are available within the course   
Chemlab Software - MacProduct Keys and download are available within the course  
 Graphical Analysis Software - WindowsProduct Keys are available within the course  
 Graphical Analysis Software - MacProduct Keys are available within the course  
Concurrent Enrollment form (Send in with your enrollment form)  
Safety Contract (Send in with your enrollment form)  
 
Computer Applications
A & B
Microsoft Office
OpenOffice is a free download you can get and use if you don't have Microsoft Office. Download at www.openoffice.com  
 
Consumer Math
 Calculator
   
 
English 10
 

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros0679734775 
  Antigone Marcus Aurelius9780872205710 
  Metamorphosis Franz Kafka9780553213690 
 
Geometry
 Protractor
   
  Compass    
  Tape measure    
  Tissue paper or wax paper    
  Index Cards   
   Geometer's SketchpadAvailable for download within course  
 
Marine Biology
Module 1 Camera    
  Baby food jars    
  Water    
  Food coloring    
  Index card   
 
 
 Module 2
Camera   
  Crustacean from seafood store (crab, lobster, crayfish, shrimp - substitutions may be made)   
  Ruler   
  Protractor    
  String
   
  Quarter   
  Pencil   
 
 
 Module 3
Camera   
  various materials to create an oil spill and clean up more info will be provided within the course
 
 
 
 Module 4 Household materials to create a phytoplankton
more info will be provided within the course 
 
 
 Module 5 Four ziplock baggies   
  shortening   
  large containers or sinks   
  ice water
   
 
 
 Module 6 Whole squidsubstitutions for squid and oyster may be made 
  oyster 
  knife   
  newspaper    
   
 Module 7 Uncleaned fish
   
 
 
 Module 8
Household products containing kelp   
 
 Medical Terminology
 All Modules

Audacity  Software-Mac

Audacity Software-Win

   
 - this course is a concurrent enrollment course with Central Lakes College.  Students can earn 3 college credits. 

LAME Software-Mac

LAME Software-Win

   
  

 Building a Medical Vocabulary-Win

Building a Medical Vocabulary-Mac

 This is the CD that comes with the text. Some books did not include it, however.   
   Concurrent Enrollment form (send in with your enrollment form)  
 
 
Multimedia Design
 Digital Camera
   
  Digital Video Camera    
  PhotoShop Express – free online softwarehttps://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.htmlClick on "Join Now"
 
 

Pre-Calculus

- this course is a concurrent enrollment course with Lake Superior College.  Students can earn 5 college credits.

 

TI-83 Emulator

Online Precalculus Textbook Subscription

 

(both items can be accessed from within the course)

  
  

Graphmatica Software - free download

http://www.softpile.com/Education/Mathematics/Download_03509_1.html  
  Mathtype Software - WindowsProduct keys are available within the course  
  Mathtype Software - MacProduct keys are available within the course  
  Concurrent Enrollment Form(Send in with your enrollment form)  
 
Probability & Statistics
 Calculator
   
 
Women's Literature
Novels

The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett
9781593082772 
  I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelo
9780553279375 
  SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson
9780142407325 
  Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver
9781593559502 
 Short Stories A Wagner MatineeWilla Cather
9781425478605 
  The Telephone CallDorothy Parker found in 9780142437216 
  The Singing LessonKatherine Mansfield
found in 9780548148945 
 Play A Raisin In The Sun Lorraine Hansbury9780679755333 
 
World Literature
 The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
9781594480003 
  Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
9780140367119 
  Persepolis Marjane Satrapi
9780375422300 
  The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder 9780060088873 
  Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe
9780072435184 
  All's Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque9780449213940 
 
Young Adult Literature  Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck
9780140177398 
  

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson9780142407325 
  The First Part LastAngela Johnson
9780689849237 
  Whale TalkChris Crutcher
9780440229384 
  The Maltese FalconDashiell Hammett
9780679722649 
  Make LemonadeVirginia Euwer Wolff
9780805080704 
  BleachersJohn Grisham
9780440242000 
  The Giver Lois Lowry9780440237686 
 
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