<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hello,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Back in the day when I taught Alt Ed, I used High Interest low readability materials from a company called Kids In Between. They have gone out of business. I am looking for:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><font face="AvantGarde Bk BT"><p align="center"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://kidsinbetween.com/_derived/SCIENCE%20&%20HEALTH.htm_cmp_blank2110_bnr.gif" width="600" height="60" border="0" alt="Science & Health"></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">INTRODUCTION</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><font face="Garamond" size="4">Our science units are filled with the same information you'd find in a regular science text book. The information however, is simplified to a 4.0 readability. Concepts are explained so that struggling students can finally grasp some of the material that had eluded them.</font></i></p><p align="left" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p align="left" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><b></b><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://www.kidsinbetween.com/artwork/cartoons/physics.GIF" width="368" height="239" align="RIGHT"><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">COMPREHENDING</font></b><font color="#003399"> </font><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">SCIENCE</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font color="#003399"><font size="4"><i><font face="Helvetica" size="3">reproducibles</font></i></font><i><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> ...$20.00<br></font></i></font></b><font face="Garamond" size="4">We took what normally can be a difficult subject—science—and developed materials that teach comprehension skills such as inference, implication, and using contextual clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. The five reading passages range in length from 3 to 5 pages, and provide the material, that when used with the worksheets, help the students develop the aforementioned skills. The kids will be reading scientific information although the intent is not to increase their knowledge in any given area of science.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font size="4" face="Garamond"><u><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234/http://kidsinbetween.com/Sample%20pages/Science%20(Comprehending%20Science%20p.1).pdf"><font color="#800080">* Sample Page</font></a> </u> </font><u><font size="4" face="Garamond"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234/http://kidsinbetween.com/Sample%20pages/Science%20(Comprehending%20Science%201).pdf"><font color="#800080">* Sample Worksheet</font></a></font></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">PLANTS</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$6.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">This unit includes plants, plant parts, plant types and genetics as genetics relate to plants. Includes text, worksheets, test and answer key.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="4">WHAT'S WITH THE WEATHER?</font><font face="Helvetica" color="#0000FF" size="4"></font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducible text, worksheets and tests ...$13.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">If you need to teach about tornadoes, hurricanes, wind, rain, snow, sleet and the mysterious jet stream it is in this Kids In Between unit on weather.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p align="left" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p align="left" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">STRENGTHENING PHYSICAL SCIENCE SKILLS: For Middle and Upper Grades</font></b><font face="Garamond" size="4"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://kidsinbetween.com/images/logos/new.GIF" align="right" width="77" height="54"></font></p><p align="left" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$21.00</font></b></i></p><p align="left" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">Develop students' interest and confidence in advanced science studies by building science vocabulary, practicing math skills, and exploring physical science concepts. Twelve units cover matter, gravity, density, motion, simple machines, electricity, light and more. Also included is a CD ROM with interactive exercises that are automatically scored and printed, printable science reading activities and worksheets. </font></p><p align="left" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://kidsinbetween.com/images/logos/new.GIF" align="right" width="77" height="54"></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">LIFE SCIENCE QUEST FOR MIDDLE GRADES</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$13.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">Teach students to use good scientific techniques while studying cells, plants, animals, DNA, heredity, ecosystems, and <span class="" id=":4cw.1" tabindex="-1">biomes</span>. Promote scientific inquiry with hands-on activities and labs using common classroom materials. This book is useful as either core curriculum or as a supplement and reinforces information in visual ways. A glossary, lists of standards met, unit overviews, teacher guide and enrichment suggestions are also included. </font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://kidsinbetween.com/images/logos/new.GIF" align="right" width="77" height="54"></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">DISCOVERING ECOLOGY</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$8.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">Develop environmental awareness and profile the different <span class="" id=":4cw.2" tabindex="-1">biomes</span> of the earth while focusing on current topics. Topics include alternative fuels, air, water, and land pollution, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, the ozone layer, and the effect we have on the environment. Includes detailed maps and diagrams, vocabulary words, unit projects, exercises, illustrations, and everything else you need to teach a thematic unit in Ecology. </font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$18.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">The "house" in the title refers to the planet Earth, and the unit is </font><font face="Garamond" size="4">our version of dealing with the environment and ecology. Includes a wide variety of topics such as environments, adaptation, the food chain, pollution, hazardous and toxic wastes, conservation and endangered species.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#800080"> </font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">THE SOLAR SYSTEM</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$6.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">The title says it all. Covers the sun, moon, stars, planets and space.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4"><u><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234/http://kidsinbetween.com/Sample%20pages/Science%20(The%20Solar%20System%20p.6).pdf"><font color="#800080">* Sample Page</font></a> </u><font color="#800080"> </font></font><u><font face="Garamond" size="4"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234/http://kidsinbetween.com/Sample%20pages/Science%20(The%20Solar%20System%203).pdf"><font color="#800080">* Sample Worksheet</font></a></font></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">FISH</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$6.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">The title says it all. Covers fish, their habits, their physiology and the differences between fish and the other creatures that inhabit the earth. Includes text, worksheets and tests.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://kidsinbetween.com/artwork/cartoons/bee.GIF" width="258" height="328" align="RIGHT"></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">N, ON, AND ABOVE THE EARTH</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$22.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">Any book that claims to cover what's in, on, and above the earth sounds as if it would be about 6 billion pages long, but as we do with most of our materials, we take difficult subjects and simplify them. For this unit, we go to great lengths to simplify the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, rocks and minerals, and the geological time scale. Includes worksheets, tests and answer key.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">IT'S THERE BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$22.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">There are so many wee little things in the world that can't be seen or heard. The wee little things that are covered in this unit are things like bacteria, viruses, cells, and other sorts of microorganisms that are both helpful and harmful to mankind or womankind as one teacher wanted us to point out. We realize that most of the time it's difficult enough trying to explain to your students about things that can be seen, let along getting them to develop a concept of things that can't be seen. There are some difficult concepts presented in this unit, but we did our best to simplify those concepts. We didn't bother including pictures of things like genes because somehow the kids get confused with such drawings. Instead, we have silly cartoon drawings. Also includes a chapter on the scientific method, heredity and Mendel. Includes worksheets, tests, and answer key as well.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://kidsinbetween.com/images/logos/new.GIF" align="right" width="77" height="54"></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">HEALTHY EATING & EXERCISE</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$13.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">Since Dr. Oz is not making personal appearances in the classroom, we have this new book available. Make planning a healthy lifestyle fun and informative with these activities, games, experiments, tips, and recipes based on the new USDA food pyramid. Students in middle school and high school learn to understand food labels, chart their own eating and exercise habits, as well as determine what they can do to improve their own health. </font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">WOW! WHAT A MIND AND BODY</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$18.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">You can use <i>Wow! What a Mind and Body! </i>to explain to your students what would happen to your lunch if you had</font><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081120050234im_/http://kidsinbetween.com/images/tidbits/skeleton.GIF" width="163" height="266" align="right"><font face="Garamond" size="4"> time to eat it because <i>Wow!</i> covers such things as the digestive system. It also covers all the other body systems from the circulatory system to the nervous system. The text is written in an informal style in an attempt to hold their interest and distract them from operating on themselves with ballpoint pens.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">HEALTH, WELLNESS & FITNESS</font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$13.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">Helps students make informed decisions for a lifetime of fitness and wellness. Students will be asked to study and evaluate their current lifestyles and then be shown how their lifestyles could affect their future health and happiness. They will learn that their health depends on many factors and their health can be jeopardized by tobacco, drugs and communicable diseases. They will also learn to keep records on their health and fitness. Unit explores nutrition, emotional heath, disease, heredity, first aid, exercise and more. Includes the worksheets needed for students to begin keeping records of their health and fitness information. </font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><b><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#003399">ILLNESS & <span class="" id=":4cw.25" tabindex="-1">DISEASE</span></font></b></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i><b><font face="Helvetica" color="#003399" size="3">reproducibles ...$15.00</font></b></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">Many, but not all, diseases are covered in this unit that explains the causes as well as the prevention of disease. Includes text, worksheets, and answer key.</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4">for a colleague. Does anyone have access to any of these titles?</font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Garamond" size="4"><span class="" id=":4cw.38" tabindex="-1">Thanks</span></font></p></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div dir="ltr">Ira <span class="" id=":4cw.40" tabindex="-1">Erbs</span><div>IT Teacher </div><div>and <span class="" id=":4cw.42" tabindex="-1">Consultant</span></div><div>Portland, <span class="" id=":4cw.44" tabindex="-1">OR</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:18px;line-height:25.2000007629395px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px;line-height:10.4000005722046px;background-color:rgb(246,243,236)">Your worst day at work is better than your best day in <span class="" id=":4cw.51" tabindex="-1">Prison</span></span></font></div><div><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.7272720336914px;line-height:10.4000005722046px;background-color:rgb(246,243,236)">Darrin <span class="" id=":4cw.53" tabindex="-1">King</span></span></font></div>
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