By James Biehle
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October 2nd, 2009
[ 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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By James Biehle
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October 2nd, 2009
[ 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 [...]
By James Biehle
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January 9th, 2005
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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By Michael Fickes
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January 17th, 2001
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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By James Biehle
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January 1st, 2000
A significant portion of the middle school science curriculum should be inquiry based, and the facilities provided to serve this curriculum must support this approach.
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By Eric Butterfield
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November 1st, 1999
If you go solely on the basis of all the schools that a particular architectural firm has done, then you don’t know whether that particular architectural firm has designed good new science facilities or whether personalitywise they can work with the people in the school district. There are a number of almost equally valid issues that he school district ought to look at.
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By James Biehle
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November 1st, 1995
“America will rank first in science and mathematics by the year 2000.”
These lofty-sounding words are part of Goals 2000, the federal Educate America Act. The turn of the century is fast approaching, but we’ve barely made a start in responding to this mandate. Though science supervisors, district officials and architects are scrambling to create better [...]
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By James Biehle
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May 1st, 1995
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is an evolving process; its impact on schools continues to be felt. There is nothing in the “ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities” (ADAAG) or in the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards that specifically relates to science facilities. Thus, specific applications require judgment on the part of the facility planner.
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Designing Science Facilities for the New Science Standards – key concepts in improving today’s K-12 teaching spaces.
