Equipment for Subjects LC

iCrazzy

Hey guys, I am just coming to the point of getting my books and equipment finalised for my LC, in 1 years time :eek:

I have made a planner and got most of my books ready as well as prepared my bag for the 2 years to come(I know this might sound too early for prep. and then again TOO late for prep. for the year it is just that I had only gotten my books this week !!, shows how good my school is:p)

So anyways, I hope and would be grateful if ye could help me finish off this and prepare me to have all the materials ready for 5th year and the LC, so I would not have to be in a rush in the summer or coming weeks/months.
For all subjects I have also bought folders so which I can store notes in.
If I am missing something please let me know.

English:
We did not get an English book(Anyone know of any good ones out there, I have heard of the poetry book that you need but do not know the name??)
Notes copy
Hw Copy
Revise Wise English(Junior Cert)
English notes(Junior Cert)
*I thought the JC notes would be helpful and I was right, lol
Text-Book
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for English

Maths:
Notes copy
Hw Copy
English notes(Junior Cert)
Text and Tests 4,5,6,7
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for Maths

Biology:
Notes copy
Hw Copy
Biology Book
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for Biology

Chemistry:
Notes copy
Hw Copy
Chemistry Live+Workbook
Experiment Copy
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for Chem

Business:
Notes copy
Business Express Book
LC Notes
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for Bus.

Economics(At home, so I need a bit more help in this one)
2 copies, one for taking down notes another for excercises.
Understanding Economics(anyone know any better book then this??)
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for Economics

Italian:
Notes copy
Hw Copy
Italian Book
Anything else I need ??

Ag. Science(At home also after school, so I need a bit more help in this one)
2 copies, one for taking down notes another for excercises.
Rapid Revision
Anyone can recommend me a Ag. Science book ??
Anything else I need ??

I would really appreciate for the time you would give, even if one of ye's could pick one subject and help me out would mean the world
Thanks :)

Noccy_Mondy

So you haventstarted 5th year yet. Im assuming you're in 3rd year or T.Y now?. If so, will ya take it easy, bit of a quaer time of year to be organising all that stuff! Plenty of time next august for all that craic, take it handy yet!!

Achieve Greatness

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

So you haventstarted 5th year yet. Im assuming you're in 3rd year or T.Y now?. If so, will ya take it easy, bit of a quaer time of year to be organising all that stuff! Plenty of time next august for all that craic, take it handy yet!!

From what I can gather, the OP is at the beginning of 5th year.

Noccy_Mondy

Achieve Greatness wrote: »

From what I can gather, the OP is at the beginning of 5th year.

That would make more sense alright. Hard to tell!!

Absoluvely

You need a good calculator for Maths & Chemistry, and possibly Business & Economics.

For Chemistry you can save a lot of time in the exam if you have a calculator that solves quadratic equations.
For Maths it's good to have one that does complex numbers calculations and solves cubic equations.
In general it's better to have a pixel-based "dot matrix" screen rather than the old LCD "seven-segment" style display.

I use the Sharp EL-W506X. It's perfect, and you can get it in a range of colours, but Sharp haven't released it in Ireland or the UK yet.
The Sharp EL-W506 has the same functionality but it's the older version. It's nowhere near as sexy but you can get it in shops in Ireland.

Here are the first ebay listings I found that deliver to Ireland but probably aren't the cheapest option.

€23 Sharp EL-W506 from the UK
€27 Sharp EL-W506XSL from Germany (The "SL" at the end is just a suffix for the silver-coloured version)

Ugly old version:

New sexy version:

Achieve Greatness

I think the old "ugly" one looks better than the new ones.

randylonghorn

Achieve Greatness wrote: »

I think the old "ugly" one looks better than the new ones.

Everything new is always better, don't ya know?!!

Peregrine

iCrazzy wrote: »

*I thought the JC notes would be helpful and I was right, lol
..
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for English

I seriously doubt you'll be needed them now.

Anyway, Key Notes looks pretty good for Paper 2. But they're year specific and the texts covered in that might not be what you're doing in class so ask your teacher.

iCrazzy wrote: »

Maths:
Notes copy
Hw Copy
English notes(Junior Cert)
Text and Tests 4,5,6,7
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for Maths

There aren't any.

iCrazzy wrote: »

Biology:
Notes copy
Hw Copy
Biology Book
Anything else I need ??
Anyone can recommend me a good revision book for Biology

Try Revisewise, you really don't need it right now.

Absoluvely wrote: »

I use the Sharp EL-W506X. It's perfect, and you can get it in a range of colours, but Sharp haven't released it in Ireland or the UK yet.
The Sharp EL-W506 has the same functionality but it's the older version. It's nowhere near as sexy but you can get it in shops in Ireland.

Here are the first ebay listings I found that deliver to Ireland but probably aren't the cheapest option.

€23 Sharp EL-W506 from the UK
€27 Sharp EL-W506XSL from Germany (The "SL" at the end is just a suffix for the silver-coloured version)

No, no, no, no no

Casio fx-83GT PLUS.


€10 in Easons

Mind you, I still have use the older one I've had since 2006, fx-83ES:

It's not available any more. I think it looks better but sure it's not about looks The newer one has slightly better functionality.

Achieve Greatness

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

There aren't any.

There are now. Our teacher showed us them last week. I think they are Revise Wise.

unmoeglichkeit

Absoluvely wrote: »

For Chemistry you can save a lot of time in the exam if you have a calculator that solves quadratic equations.
For Maths it's good to have one that does complex numbers calculations and solves cubic equations.

Calculators that solve equations aren't allowed for the leaving cert (the rules are here). And both of the calculators you mentioned are listed as not allowed here.

iCrazzy

Thanks for all help, I really appreciate it, if some more people could join and add a bit of they're knowledge, by the way I am doing my Junior Cert























































Joking, I am in 5th year, lol
About the calculators, I do not think they are that important, I have casio and they work fine for me, sure all calculators are the same, they both give you the same answer in the end eh ??!!

yoho139

iCrazzy wrote: »

About the calculators, I do not think they are that important, I have casio and they work fine for me, sure all calculators are the same, they both give you the same answer in the end eh ??!!

So long as you're not using a calculator that's forbidden, yes.