Resources for Teaching
Neuroscience
The Society for Neuroscience Committee on Neuroscience Literacy at the
National Association for Biology Teachers Annual Meeting
(October 25-28, 2000; Orlando, FL)
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nabt.html
Internet Resources
Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Comprehensive site intended for elementary and secondary students and
teachers; includes on-line and off-line activities, lesson plans,
experiments, demonstrations, games, worksheets and basic information about
the nervous system. Extensive links to other sites. The site also
includes an interactive tour of web sites to teach neuroscience at: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/flash/brainu.html.
Sponsor: Dr. Eric Chudler, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
American Academy of Neurology
http://www.aan.com/
Information about neurological disorders and educational materials ("facts
sheets") in easy-to-understand language. Sponsor: American Academy of
Neurology
BrainsRule!
http://www.brainsrule.com
Interactive lesson on stroke; student expositions on the brain.
Sponsor: Creighton University
Brainsurf
http://www.sahs.uth.tmc.edu/brainsurf/
Web site to introduce the general public to the field of neuroscience.
Sponsor: Dr. Cynthia L. Phelps, School of Allied Health Sciences,
University of Texas, Houston.
Charles A. Dana Foundation
http://www.dana.org
Information about the programs (including Brain Awareness Week),
activities, and publications of the Dana Foundation and the Dana Alliance.
Also has material about brain diseases and disorders.
Sponsor: The Charles A. Dana Foundation
Digital Anatomist
http://www9.biostr.washington.edu/da.html
An "interactive" brain atlas with beautiful photographs and drawings. An
excellent teaching resource for neuroanatomy.
Sponsor: John W. Sundsten; University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Gallery of Mammalian Brains
http://brainmuseum.org/
Beautiful images of the brains from a large number of different
mammals. Sponsors: Brain Collections at The University of Wisconsin,
Michigan State
University and The National Museum of Health and Medicine
Mind and Brain Magazine
http://www.epub.org.br/cm/
Online neuroscience magazine. Sponsor: Dr. Silvia Helena Cardoso,
Center for Biomedical Informatics,
State University of Campinas, Brazil
Neuroscience Laboratory and Classroom
Activities
http://www.nabt.org/sup/publications/nlca/nlca.htm
Lab manual for 12 neuroscience experiments that can be used in the
classroom. Sponsors: National Association of Biology Teachers and the
Society for
Neuroscience. Web pages by the Division of Life Sciences at The
University of Texas at San Antonio
Neuroscience Tutorial
http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/
Extensive review of clinical neuroscience complete with illustrations and
photographs. Sponsor: Dr. Diana Weedman Molavi, Washington University
School of
Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Probe the Brain
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/brain/
An interactive activity where you can stimulate a brain
electrically from the comfort of your own computer. Sponsor: PBS
On-Line
The Reconstructors
http://reconstructors.rice.edu
An interactive adventure-type game in which students learn about the
beneficial and harmful effects of drugs.
Sponsor: Rice University, Houston TX
Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/
Photographs, colorful animations,and easy-to-read text to describe the
fascinating world of sight, smell, and hearing. There is also a section on
illusions and brain imaging.
Sponsor: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Society for Neuroscience
http://www.sfn.org
Society
directory, meeting announcements, society publications including Brain
Briefings," "Brain Backgrounders," The Neuroscience Newsletter and the
Journal of Neuroscience.
Sponsor: Society for Neuroscience
University of Scranton Neuroscience Program
http://academic.uofs.edu/department/neuro/
Links to student projects; sheep brain
atlas.
Sponsor: Dr. Tim Cannon, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
The Whole Brain Atlas
http://www.med.harvard.edu:80/AANLIB/home.html
Images of normal and abnormal human brain.
Sponsor: Dr. Keith A. Johnson, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Books
- Isaac Asimov, How Did We Find Out About The Brain?, Walker and Co.,
New York, 1987, pp. 61. (Grade 6-up)
- Susan L. Barrett, It's All in Your Head, Free Spirit Publishing,
Minneapolis, 1992, pp. 151. (Grade 9-up)
- Melvin Berger, Exploring the Mind and Brain, Thomas Y. Crowell, New
York, 1983, pp. 117. (Grade 6-up)
- Ruth Dowling Bruun and Bertel Bruun, The Brain - What It Is, What It
Does, Green Willow Books, New York, 1989, pp. 63. (Grade 3-6).
- Faith Hickman Brynie, 101 Questions Your Brain Has Asked About Itself
but Couldn't Answer...Until Now, The Millbrook Press, Brookfield, 1998,
pp. 176 (Grade 6 and up)
- Charles B. Clayman, The Brain and Nervous System, Dorling Kindersley,
New York, 1991, pp. 144. (Grade 4 and up)
- Roberta Conlan (editor), States of Mind: New Discoveries About How Our
Brains Make Us Who We Are, Dana Press, New York, 1999, pp. 214 (Grade 7
and up)
- Joel Davis, Mapping the Mind. The Secrets of the Human Brain and How
It Works, Birch Lane Press, Secaucus, 1997, pp. 289. (Grade 9 and up)
- Marian C. Diamond, Arnold B. Scheibel, Lawrence M. Elson, The Human
Brain Coloring Book, Barnes and Noble Books, New York, 1985, pp. 301.
(Grade 4 and up)
- Sylvia Funston and Jay Ingram, It's All in Your Brain, Grosset and
Dunlap, New York, 1995, pp. 64. (Grade 3-9)
- Susan A. Greenfield, The Human Brain, BasicBooks, New York, 1997, pp.
160 (Grade 9-up).
- Susan A. Greenfield, The Human Mind Explained, Henry Holt and Co., New
York, 1996, pp.192 (Grade 6-up).
- Kenneth A. Klivington, The Science of the Mind, MIT Press, Cambridge,
1989, pp. 239. (Grade 9-up)
- Leslie Jean LeMaster, Your Brain and Nervous System, Childrens Press,
Chicago, 1984, pp. 47. (Grade 2-5)
- Douglas Mathers, Brain, Troll Associates, 1992, pp. 32. (Grades 3-6)
- Anne D. Novitt-Moreno, How Your Brain Works, Ziff-Davis Press,
Emeryville, 1995, pp. 170 (Grade 9-up).
- Steve Parker, Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Major Operations
for Minors, Millbrook Press, Brookfield 1995, pp. 62. (Grade 4-7)
- Steve Parker, The Brain and Nervous System, Franklin Watts, London,
1990, pp. 48. (Grade 4-9)
- Steve Parker, Nerves to Senses: Projects in Biology, Gloucester Press,
New York, 1991, pp. 32. (Grades 4-9).
- Tabitha M. Powledge, Your Brain: How You Got It and How it Works,
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1994, pp. 210 (Grade 9 and up)
- Pete Rowan, Big Head! A Book About Your Brain and Your Head, Alfred A.
Knopf, New York, 1998, pp. 44 (Grade 5 and up).
- Seymour Simon, The Brain: Our Nervous System, Morrow Junior Books, New
York, 1997. (Grade 3-6).
- Richard Walker, Brain: Our Body's Nerve Center, Grolier
Educational, Danbury, 1998, pp. 48 (grade K-6).
Pamphlets (Free!)
- Breaking the
Silence - material on mental
health
http://www.wgcn.com/elem.htm#health
- Curriculum
supplement on Vision - grades 4-6
http://science-education.nih.gov/homepage.nsf/pages/5A8421292E23AD688525658D00157805?opendocument
- Discovery Networks’
Educator Guide
http://school.discovery.com/edguideorder.html
- Education
Guide for "Close to Home"
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/closetohome/html/guides.html
- "Fact Sheets" from
the National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/Infofaxindex.html
- Mental Health
publications from the National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publist/puborder.cfm
- National
Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month Materials
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/safesobr/17qp/order.html
- Newsletter from
the National Brain Tumor Foundation
http://www.braintumor.org/posted.html
- "Notes" from the
National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://165.112.78.61/NNOrder/NNSubscribe.html
- Parkinson's Disease
Literature from the National Parkinson Foundation
http://www.parkinson.org/literatu.htm
- Publications from
the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety - Sleep and Driving
http://www.aaafts.org/text/catalogs/free.cfm
- Publications
from the Center of Mental Health Services
http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/index.htm
- Publications
from the DANA Foundation Press
http://www.dana.org/request.cfm
- Publications from the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
http://www.hhmi.org/home/publication/2.html
- Publications
from The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org:80/pubs/catalog/index.htm
- Publications from
the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/pubsav.htm
- Publications
from the National Eye Institute
http://www.nei.nih.gov/publications/publications.htm
- Publications
from the National Information Center on Deafness
http://www.gallaudet.edu/~nicd/pub12.html
- Publications from the
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
http://webdb.nidcd.nih.gov/cgi-bin/dcpubgen
- Publications
from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
http://silk.nih.gov/silks/niaaa1/publication/pam_bro.htm
- Publications from
Research to Prevent Blindness
http://www.rpbusa.org/publication/publication.htm
- Scientific American
Frontiers Teacher Guides
http://www.pbs.org/saf/4_class/46_snailmail.html
- Software - Neural
Pathways of the Auditory Nerve
http://www.itgworld.com/freedown.html
- Traffic
Safety Materials - (head injury prevention)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/media/
Posters (Free!)
- Antismoking
poster with the US Women's Soccer Team
http://www.smokefree.gov:80/poster.html
- Boyz II
Men Smoke-Free Poster
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/smokefreeposter.htm
- Brain
Response to Drugs - EXCELLENT POSTERS from the National Institute on
Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov:80/NIDA_Notes/NNVol12N5/MOMTearoff.html
- Girl
Power! Posters, Stickers, Buttons, Bookmarks - "Power to be Drug
Free"
http://www.health.org/gpower/catalog/index.htm
- Posters
from The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org:80/posters/index.htm
-
Posters from the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
http://www.tcada.state.tx.us:80/Library/litcatalog.html
- Posters from
Transduction Laboratories
http://www.translab.com/poster1.html
- Posters
from the
Washington State Substance Abuse Coalition Home Page
http://www.halcyon.com:80/wssac/litratur.html
- Tobacco
Prevention Posters (and pamphlets)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/pubs1.htm
Video Tapes/Audio Tapes/CD-ROM
- Brain Power
Brain Surgery Video
http://www.son.washington.edu/centers/MakingConnections/
- CD: "The
Brain's Inner Workings" from the National Institute of Mental
Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/braincd.cfm
- Video
and teacher guide - I Love What I Hear - for grades 3-6
http://science-education.nih.gov/homepage.nsf/pages/5A8421292E23AD688525658D00157805?opendocument
- Videos
from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
http://www.hhmi.org/home/publication/3.htm
- Videos/Audio Tapes
from The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org:80/costrec/index.htm