OtherResources for Teaching Neuroscience

Listed below are some of the companies that supply materials that could be used to learn more about the brain. While these products may be useful to you, I am not endorsing any of these companies or products.

Kits

Brain Specimens

Charts, Software, Videos

Neuroscience"Kits"

• American 3BScientific
  BrainModels, Ear Models, Eye Models and Skull Models.

• American Science andSurplus
  3605 Howard Street
  Skokie, IL 60076
  Phone: 1-847-982-0870
  FAX: 1-800-934-0722
  This company stocks a variety of teaching supplies that could be used inmany classroom activities

• Einstein'sEmporium
  Phone: 1-800-522-8281
  
  • Brain/Skull, Human Eye, Human Ear, The Five Senses ($16.50/each)

• Turning Point's"The Brain Store"
  11080 Roselle St., Ste. F
  San Diego, CA 92121
  Phone: 1-800-325-4769 or 1-619-546-7555
  Fax: 1-619-546-7560
  
  • Gelatin Brain Mold ($11.95)
  • Rubber Brain ($6.95)
  • Budget Brain Kit ($29.95)
  • Brain Hat ($12.95)
  • Brain T-shirts and sweatshirts ($12.00 and $20.00)

• Biomedical Models Company
  P.O. Box 620
  Ramsey, NJ 07446-0620
  Phone: 1-800-635-4801
  FAX: 1-201-236-0016

  OR

  327 S. 7th St.
  Hudson, WI 54016
  Phone: 1-800-782-6924
  FAX: 1-215-386-7573

  Biomedical Models Company is a bit on the expensive side, but they makehigh quality products. Examples:

  2 part human brain model ($149.00)

  Rat brain model ($89.00)

• Delta Education
  P.O. Box 3000
  Nashua, NH 03061-3000
  Phone: 1-800-260-9577
  
  • Vision/Hearing Kit ($29.95)
  • Senses Kit ($12.95)
  • Body Basics Kit ($29.95)

• Scientific Explorer Series - Ages 9 to adult (available in some toystores)
  • The Science of Scent (about $20.00)
  • The Science of Sound (about $20.00)
  • The Science of Taste (about $20.00)

• Educational Insights - Ages 8 to adult (available in some toy stores)
  • The Human Body (21 science projects; about $10.00)

• Lindberg Plastic Models (Craft House Corporation) - Grade 3 and up
  • Human Ear (about $10.00)
  • Human Eye (about $10.00)
  • Human Nose and Mouth (about $10.00)

• GPI Anatomical Models

• Red ReefPublications(Human brain model = $34.95-$39.95)

• NeuroMart
  • Brain Models
  • Books
  • Charts

• Sargent-Welch
  (Nervous system model activity kit = $81.50/set; Sight and Sound kit = $57.00/kit; Action/Reaction kit = $140.00/kit)

• Simuplast Models

• Visual Illusion "Playing Cards" - Grades K-12
  These are two packs (52 cards each) of playing cards with visual illusionson them. Included in each pack is a small booklet that explains theillusions.Available from:
  Y and B Associates, Inc.
  33 Primrose Lane
  Hempstead, NY 11550

Brains, Brains,Brains

• Blue Spruce Biological Supply,Inc.
  701 Park St.
  Castle Rock, CO 80104
  Phone: 1-800-825-8522
  FAX: 1-303-688-3428
  (Sheep Brain = $6.55; cow eye = $0.95; cerebral cortex or cerebellum slide= $2.64; spinal cord slide = $2.64)

• Carolina Biological Supply Company - An EXCELLENT Resource
  2700 York Road
  Burlington, NC 27215
  Phone: 1-800-334-5551
  FAX: 1-800-222-7112
  (Sheep brain = $6.00-6.90 ea; Sheep brain in cranial case = $4.05-4.50 ea; Cow spinal cord, 4 in. section = $3.15 ea; Dog brain = $8.00; Human brain section = $40.50 ea; Human spinal cord section = $37.50 ea; Human Brain = $381)
  (Comparative Brain Preparation including fish, frog, turtle, chicken and rat brains = $199.00; Other brain preparations = $125-210)
  (Microscope slides of brain and nerve = $2.50-3.95 ea)

• Connecticut Valley Biological
  82 Valley Rd., P.O. Box 326
  Southhampton, MA 01073
  Phone: 1-800-628-7748 or 1-413-527-4030
  FAX: 1-800-355-6813
  (Sheep brain = $7.20; calf brain = $22.50; cow spinal cord = $3.30;human brain model = $98-$208)

• Flinn Scientific Inc.
  PO BOX 219
  Batavia, IL 60510-0219
  Phone: 1-800-452-1261
  (Sheep brain = $8.15; human skull model = $89; eye model = $41.85;brain model = $103.40; spinal cord and nerve preparation slides =$3.75 each)

• Hilltop Lab Animals, Inc.
  Hilltop Drive
  Scottdale, PA 15683
  Phone: 1-800-245-6921
  FAX: 1-412-887-3582
  Rat or Mouse Brain = $1.60 ea; Guinea Pig Brain = $4.00 ea

• Plastination Laboratory, University of Michigan
  Dr. Roy A. Glover, Director
  Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
  3606 Medical Science II Bldg.
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0610
  Phone: 1-313-764-4359
  FAX: 1-313-763-1166
  Human Brain sections that have been "plastinated"for educational and research purposes. Prices range from about $50 to $200per brain section.

• Sargent-Welch
  (Sheep brain = $5.25-7.45 ea; Brain/Skull Model = $14.35; Plastic Human skulls = $75.00-231.00; Other brain models = $330.00-381.00; Spinal cord model = $198.00)
  (Microscope slides of brain and nerve = $2.49-6.29 ea)

• Skulls Unlimited
  Skulls of reptiles, birds, and mammals
  (Human skulls = $89-$525; rabbit skull = $24; rat skull = $12; cat skull =$38; many others available)

• Taconic Co.
  273 Hover Ave.
  Germantown, NY 12526
  Phone: 518-537-6208
  FAX: 518-537-7287
  (rat brain = $1.50 ea)

• Zivic-Miller Laboratories, Inc.
  P.O. Box 280
  Zelienople, PA 16063
  Phone: 1-800-422-5227
  FAX: 412-452-5200
  (rat brain = $1.65 ea; rat spinal cord = $4.05 ea; rat cerebellum = $2.70 ea)

Supplies, Charts,Diagrams, Software, Videos

• Anatomical ChartCompany(Charts)
  Cordell Enterprises, Inc.
  8221 Kimball
  Skokie, Illinois 60076-2956
  (Nervous System Chart or Brain Chart - $3.00 for small size, $10.00 for large size)

• Brainiac! - computerized interactive Neuroanatomy Atlas ($49.00)

• Carolina Biological Supply Company
  2700 York Road
  Burlington, NC 27215
  Phone: 1-800-334-5551
  FAX: 1-800-222-7112
  (Brain Kit = $14.20; Skull Kit = $16.95; Visible Head = $25.95; many more expensive models available)
  (Charts: Bioreview sheets on brain, ear or eye = $6.75/30 sheets; Human brain or Human Nervous System charts, 20"x26" = $10.95 ea)
  (Videos: Skin Deep; Eyes and Ears; Dream Voyage; Nerves at Work; Decision; Our Talented Brain - each video = $89.95)
  (Video: The Brain, Our Universe Within Set - from Discovery Channel Miniseries - $49.95/set of 3 videos)(Video: The Development of the Human Brain - $149.00)

• Interactive Brain Atlas CD
  Product of the Digital Anatomist Program at the University ofWashington.
  Cost = $200
  Health Sciences Center for Educational Development
  Box 357161
  Seattle, WA 98195-7161
  phone: 206-685-1186

• Library Video Company

• Principles of PsychobiologySoftware from Red Reef Publications

• Sargent-Welch
  (Human brain study sheets = $8.50 ea)

• Science4Kids