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Biehle to present at Baltimore regional NSTA conference

[ December 10, 2010; 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. December 11, 2010; 8:00 am to 9:00 am. ] James Biehle will present Science Facilities 101 – “So You Want New Science Facilities” and Science Facilities 102 – “The Architects Have Started Without Me: What Do I Do Now?” at the NSTA Baltimore Area Conference on Friday and Saturday, December 10 and 11, 2010.  Science Facilities 101 begins [...]

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Biehle to present at Nashville regional NSTA conference

[ December 3, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] James Biehle will present Science Facililties 101 – “So You Want New Science Facilities” and Science Facilities 102 – “The Architects Have Started Without Me: What Do I Do Now?” at the NSTA Nashville Area Conference on Friday, December 3, 2010.  Science Facilities 101 begins at 2:00 PM in Room Tennessee [...]

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NSSEA School Equipment Show in Phoenix

[ November 18, 2009; 9:00 am to 10:15 am. ] Inside/Out’s president, James Biehle, is presenting “Science Facility Design” at NSSEA’s School Equipment Show in Phoenix on Wednesday, November 18.  This workshop will expand on Biehle’s highly regarded presentation on the furniture and equipment of science facilities at the Baltimore NSSEA show in 2008.

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Minneapolis Area NSTA Conference

[ October 29, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Inside/Out’s president, James Biehle, will make two presentations at the upcoming NSTA Minneapolis Area Conference on Thursday, October 29. Science Facilities 101 – So you want new science facilities … focuses on the role of the science teacher in the planning and design of new science space. Science Facilities 102 – The Architects [...]

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Facelift for America’s Classroom? – ABC News

Sitting or standing in the classroom? Another teacher's take on keeping kids engaged and fighting obeisity.

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Facelift for America’s Classroom? – ABC News

Sitting or standing in the classroom? Another teacher's take on keeping kids engaged and fighting obeisity.

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Parkway School District High School Science Upgrades

Parkway School District High School Science Upgrades
PARKWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, St. Louis County, MO
Scope: Science facility consulting and peer review of proposed renovations and additions to Parkway Central, Parkway West and Parkway South High Schools.  Projects include gut renovations and additions to provide flexible science lab/classrooms and prep and storage spaces for inquiry-based science education.
Credit: Parsons [...]

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Battle Creek Area Math & Science Center

Science facility consulting and planning for relocation of multidistrict math and science magnet center.  Facilities will include general and analytical chemistry lab/classrooms, general biology and biotechnology lab/classrooms with green house, physics lab/classrooms, an engineering suite and associated prep and storage spaces and student project spaces.  The project is to be located within a former cereal [...]

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Three Keys for Selecting K-12 Science Furniture and Equipment

The National Science Education Standards describe a science curriculum that is much more inquiry-based and hands-on than the science education many of received in school.  Providing K-12 science-learning facilities that adapt themselves to a safe, inquiry-based program requires significant amounts of flexible space.
School science space is expensive.  Careful planning can save money, provide space that [...]

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The Furniture of Science

Changes in the way teachers teach science have given rise to a new generation of designs for science classrooms and new approaches to furnishing those classrooms.
An increasing preference for hands-on science instruction has created the need for science laboratories in middle schools, as well as K-5 classrooms.
While the lower grades have begun to employ more [...]

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