The Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences's Outreach Office has many different science equipment kits available for use by teachers in their classrooms. The kits and expendable materials come at no expense and are shipped free of charge to and from your school. A list of the available kits and their descriptions are outlined in the table below.

To borrow one or more of the kits you, or one of your school colleagues, must have attended a Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences or Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers workshop in the past.

To request a kit, please complete our online request. To check availability of kits, check the Lending Library Calendar.

Available Science Kits

Kit Name Description # of Kits Animal Cell Model This detailed model depicts all the major organelles. The manualprovides background information on key concepts and includes fivehands-on inquiries and reproducible worksheets 3 Bat Kit Used for the study of bats (contains preserved bat specimens) 1 Blood Pressure Cuff Set Cuff and pump for measuring blood pressure (5 cuffs/kit) 6 Blood Vessel Kit Modeling the of Physiology Blood Vessel Function 1 Brain and Arteries Model Color markings illustrate arteries (red) and cranial nerves(yellow). Dissects into 8 parts. Life-size, on base. Key cardincluded with 60 labeled structures. 5 DNA Electrophoresis Kit Using DNA restriction and electrophoresis to study DNA Profiling as it is used in the Courtroom 4 Dual Head Stethoscope Stethoscope for listening to heart/lung sounds (5 cuffs/kit) 9 ECG Kit ECG machine and various attachments for the study ofheartfunction 1 Flex Camera Kit A camera that can be attached to a microscope projecting the image to a television 1 Gel Photography Kit A gel camera and light box used for taking photos of DNA or protein gels (comes with DNA and Protein Electrophoresis kits) 2 Heart Model A larger-than-life model of the human heart 1 Heart and Respiratory Model A life-sized model that includes lungs, trachea, heart,esophagus, and complete larynx with vocal cords 2 Hominid Skull Models The Hominid Skull Set of nine includes fossil recreations of nearly every historical link from the hominid evolutionary tree 1 Life-Sized Heart Model Anatomically accurate and great for learning basic external andinternal anatomy of the heart 5 Limnology Kit Used for the study of water 1 PCR Kit Equipment needed for conducting polymerase chain reactions 1 Paramecium Model Richly detailed, full-color, soft foam model of paramecium.Comes with a reproducible activity card and guide. 3 Protein Electrophoresis Kit Protein electrophoresis equipment which can be used to compare the protein bands of different species of animal 2 Tooth Kit Contains teeth from different species 1 Full Torso Life-sized, uni-sex torso with removable organs 1 Urinary Tract Model Model of the urinary tract including kidneys, bladder, and ureters 3 UV Photography Kit Like the gel photo kit, used for taking photos of DNA after performing PCR reactions (comes with the PCR kit) 1