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Exercise & Nutrition Sciences

Links to the specialized guides for ENS programs

Virtual Resouces - Subscription and Free

JoVE Science Education is from the Journal of Visual Experiments publisher (we also get all the sections of the journal, lots of good content there too) You will need to put in your SDSUid and password (email and password) to get to the content. There are also various psychology, biology, neurobiology, clinical skills, and genetics modules that might be of use, as well as the methods shown in the journals. There are handouts that show you how to use these in Zoom and Canvas.

We have Academic Video Online (AVON) which covers many disciplines in the health sciences.

CSU has a portal MERLOT  that provides peer review of various open teaching resources.

For basics, OpenStax has an anatomy and physiology textbook

TEDTalks - you can look for Topics  or develop lessons with TED-Ed

E-books Directory has most topics at varying educational levels. T

Build Your Own Brain

Comparative Neuroanatomy

Functional Neuroanatomy from the University of British Columbia.

Wolfram Demonstration Projects in many science subject areas. 

BioDigital Human                
FREE 3D anatomy exploratory tool. Choose female or male models, easy side navigation to peel back layers in multiple body systems. Quiz and annotation features. Online, android and apple mobile apps. Students will need to set up an account to use.        

Visible Body Apps                
PAID collection of HD apps for studying anatomy and physiology. Different products have different desktop and mobile options. Individual purchase options.

Just Physiology has one free case study

MedlinePlus Anatomy

Muscle and Motion - Free trials of apps

Teaching with Open Neuroscience Datasets  

Neuroscience in the Time of Coronavirus A listing of resources for teaching neuroscience

Google Image Search for free anatomy coloring pages brings up lots of things.

Just Physiology has one free case study

MedlinePlus Anatomy

NINDS Brain Resources mostly K-12 but some information might be useful.

HHMI BioInteractive has lots of education resources, many at university level, search for your topic

The Librarians helping at the SummerFlex Institute have a guide with resources and information on integrating things into Canvas or Blackboard: https://libguides.sdsu.edu/SummerFlex 

 

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