Lesson Materials

Listed below are places to purchase or borrow materials that are often used in hands-on science and health lessons.

Organ Dissection

Type of Organ

Company

Website

Phone #

Address

Sheep Brains

Carolina Biological

http://www.carolina.com/

800-334-5551

 

Squid

J.R. Seafood

http://jrseafood.net

415-647-0106

310 BayShore Boulevard San Francisco, CA 94124

Cow’s Eye’s

C&M (Meats)

http://www.cmmeat.com/

510-848-3460

2843 San Pablo Ave Berkeley, CA 94702

Sheep Hearts

Guerra Quality Meats

http://www.guerrameats.com

415-826-4600

2989 24th St San Francisco, CA 94110

Sheep Hearts

Golden Gate Meat Company

http://www.goldengatemeatcompany.com/

415-861-3800

 

Sheep Hearts

Belmar La Gallinita Meat Market

No website

415-826-4600

2989 24th St San Francisco, CA 94110

Dry Ice

Type of Material

Company

Website

Phone #

Address

Dry Ice

SF Ice Co.

http://www.sfice.com/

415-826-8627

1690 Evans Ave. San Francisco, CA 94124

Dry Ice

Praxair

httphttps://www.praxair.com/

415-431-8818

45 Williams Ave., San Francisco, CA

Dry Ice

United Liquors

No website

415-567-0580

2401 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94123

Dry Ice

Lucky Supermarket

 

415-923-6411

1750 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA 94117

*(primarily in the San Francisco Area), always call and check with the company to see if they have organs available, (many require advanced ordering time of up to 2-3 weeks)

Other scientific supplies

Company

Website

Phone #

Location

Niles Biological

http://www.nilesbio.com/

916-386-2665

Sacramento

Carolina Biological

http://www.carolina.com/

800-334-5551

North Carolina

*(primarily in the San Francisco Area), always call and check to see if they have dry ice available.

Science Supplies (SF Bay Area):

  • SCRAP SF – Creative reuse of materials that traditionally have been discarded as waste. http://www.scrap-sf.org/
  • BioLink Depot – free science supplies and Equipment. http://biolinkdepot.org/
  • RAFT- Resource Area For Teachers – RAFT’s products (Activity Kits & Idea Sheets), services (professional development and mentoring) and low-cost teaching supplies- membership $40, multiple locations. http://www.raft.net/

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