38 School of Interdisciplinary Science
Life Sciences
Human Nutrition
This text was made for The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
Includes: Research studies, career connections, and figures.
May suit: LIFESCI 2N03.
Intermediate Nutrition (Lindshield)
This text was made for the Intermediate Nutrition course at the University of Kansas. The book covers concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, absorption, transport, and metabolism of nutrients.
Includes: Research studies, and figures.
May suit: LIFESCI 2N03.
Neuroscience (Ju)
This is a comprehensive source that examines the nervous system, neurodegeneration, techniques in studying neuroscience and emerging topics in the field. It was made by a faculty member at the University of Toronto.
Includes: Interactive questions, flowcharts, and figures.
May suit: LIFESCI 2CC3.
Excelling in Biomechanics – Exploring Joint Angles
This is an interactive excel file that models joint angles. It was created by Wilfrid Laurier University.
Includes: Interactive excel file.
May suit: LIFESCI 3K03/3J03.
Excelling in Biomechanics – Calculating Centre of Mass
This is an interactive excel file that models the different factors involved in calculating the centre of mass. It was created by Wilfrid Laurier University.
Includes: Interactive excel file.
May suit: LIFESCI 3K03/3J03.
Medical Radiation Sciences
Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals
This resource was created by the University of Saskatchewan. It focuses on the principles of viewing and analyzing radiology based medical imaging. This textbook contains both normal images and images with different abnormalities or disease.
Includes: Case studies, images, and online resources.
Physics
University Physics Volumes 1-3
Volume 1 concepts: mechanics, waves and acoustics
Volume 2 concepts: thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism
Volume 3 concepts: optics, modern physics
University Physics: OpenStax has been successfully adopted, was developed by professors of physics from American institutions, and emphasizes the connection between application and theory.
Includes: Instructor resources, student resources, examples, exercises, solutions, summaries, and simulations.
May suit: PHYSICS 1A03/1AA3, 1C03/1CC3, 1D03/1E03, ISCI 1A24, MEDRADSC 1C03.
Physics
This Lumen Learning resource covers all of the concepts of first-year physics with a balance of application and theory.
Includes: Problem-solving guides, examples, videos, applications, problems, selected solutions, and summaries.
May suit: PHYSICS 1A03/1AA3, 1C03/1CC3, 1D03/1E03, ISCI 1A24, MEDRADSC 1C03.
