Educational Material Suppliers 

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Medical schools, hospitals, and university pathology departments - for specimens
Publishers of texts for anatomy and physiology and for general biology
    - for overhead transparencies, laser discs, CD-ROM discs, etc.
Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) - for helpful publications
Carolina Biological Supply Company - for specimens, models, microscope slides, etc., etc.
Films Media Group - for video programs
Health Edco - for 2x2 slides of pathologies and for specimens, models, etc., etc.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Project 
Terra Novas Films, Inc. - for video programs
Blausen Medical Scientific and Medical Animations - for excellent short video programs
Illustrations of Normal and Pathological Conditions
OpenWetWare - showing "information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering."



Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)
- for a list of helpful publicationis
       
https://www.aghe.org/publications

        AGHE offers many resources for its members and others in the field of aging education.
         I recommend these sections listed in the
Online Directory.        
       
Gerontology Competencies for Undergraduate and Graduate Education
       
Online Directory of Educational Programs in Gerontology and Geriatrics
       
Advertising Opportunities
       
Consultation Program
       
Careers in Aging
       
AgeWork – Job Search
       
Teaching Resources
       
Student Recruitment Resources
       
Gerontology/Geriatrics Education Definitions

        For AGHE's home page, go to
               
https://www.aghe.org

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE)
1220 L Street NW, Suite 901
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
United States
Phone: (202) 289-9806
Contact: 
https://www.aghe.org/contact-us

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Carolina Biological Supply Company
 - for specimens, models, slides including human tissues from elders (#BA-31-6938) and pathologies, etc., etc.
 - order their science and math catalog at
    
https://www.carolina.com/

            Carolina Biological Supply Company
            2700 York Road
            Burlington, NC  27215
            Phone: (800)334-5551
            FAX: (800)222-7112

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Films Media Group
- for video programs
        https://www.films.com/
            Use "search the catalog". Search for "aging", for "The Living Body", and for specific topics like "osteoporosis"
            See sldo - https://www.films.com/ecSearch.aspx?q=aging

Films media Group
132 West 31st Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10001
P: 800.322.8755 F: 800.678.3633
E-mail: custserv@films.com

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Health Edco (https://www.healthedco.com/)

For 2x2 slides of pathologies and for specimens, models, etc., etc. see the online catalog
    https://www.qgdigitalpublishing.com/publication/?i=409753#{%22issue_id%22:409753,%22page%22:0}

To order their catalog at https://www.healthedco.com/request-catalog

        This company is a division of WRS Group, Ltd.    https://wrsgroup.com/

            Health Edco
            P.O. Box 21207
            Waco, TX 76702-1207
            Phone: 1-855-510-6720
            FAX: 1-888-977-7653
            E-mail: sales@wrsgroup.com
                       orders@healthedco.com

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Library Video Project 

        For descriptions of films, click on the titles in the Title Index at https://librarymedia.org/aging/filmlist_age.html
        For film suppliers, go to  https://librarymedia.org/aging/Age_Distributors.html

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Terra Novas Films, Inc.
- for video programs
           https://www.terranova.org/

             Terra Novas Films, Inc.
            9848 South Winchester Avenue
            Chicago IL 60643
            Phone: 800-779-8491 or 773-881-8491
            Fax: 773-881-3368
            E-mail tnf@terranova.org

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Blausen Medical Scientific and Medical Animations
- for excellent short video programs and other educational materials
          https://blausen.com/
             https://blausen.com/en/products-and-services/#
             https://blausen.com/en/about-and-contact-us/#contact

             "Blausen Medical - Founded in 1991, is the developer, owner and licensor of the world's largest library of medical and scientific illustrations and 3D animations. The Blausen Human Atlas is currently licensed and distributed via web, smart phone, and tablet app platforms. Most recently, the Company launched the Blausen.com search engine in conjunction with the Blausen It web browser extension."

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Illustrations of Normal and Pathological Conditions
        https://webpath.med.utah.edu/webpath.html
            This site has an extensive collection of photographs of human pathologies from the gross to the electron microscopic levels. Each illustration has a brief useful legend. The site also has tutorials and other pedagogical aids for many diseases including Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, cancers, and diabetes mellitus. Use the extensive index to find many "treasures". The contents of the site can be purchased on a CD-ROM and installed on institutional sites with a site license. Then selected illustrations can be incorporated conveniently into lectures, student activities, and assignments.

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OpenWetWare
     https://openwetware.org/wiki/Courses
      https://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page
      https://openwetware.org/wiki/Category:wiki_Classes
           "
OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering."

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