Renovation of existing gymnasium to provide middle school science lab/classroom designed for inquiry-based learning.
Planning and design of 250 student, regional high school with a science and technology focus.
[ December 4, 2008 to December 6, 2008. ] Inside/Out Architecture President, James Biehle, will be speaking at the NSTA Area Conference in Cincinnati, “Renewing the Energy in Science Education.”
Science is a hands-on subject in which students experience science by carrying out investigations. Generally these investigations require equipment and materials to be set up before a class starts and taken down when the class ends. Planners should determine the appropriate cost of new or renovated science facilities before budgets are set as their costs [...]
Programming, planning and design of 25,400 SF renovation and additions to independent school science building for middle and upper school science.
by James T. Biehle, AIA
Growing plants in a controlled environment such as a greenhouse can be a wonderful enhancement to any science program. Thoughtful planning, proper design, and faculty advocates who support the greenhouse as an
Greenhouse with ventilation system
important asset to their curriculums are necessary for a school greenhouse to be successful. This article discusses [...]
Rapid technological advances such as these present a challenge to those renovating or building new classroom spaces. Anything we plan today may be obsolete in the one and a half to two years that it generally takes to get a building designed and built. Those involved with designing the space must know what technology is available, but more importantly, what technology will be available.
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 [...]
On several recent projects I’ve had the opportunity to review ed specs prepared by several well-respected educational facilities consultants and have noted that spaces proposed for science education are often inadequate, incomplete and ill-defined. Since science learning space is unlike other classroom space, both in terms of area and cost, such program inadequacies hamper the [...]
Designing Science Facilities for the New Science Standards – key concepts in improving today’s K-12 teaching spaces.
Join James T. Biehle, President of Inside/Out Architecture for an informative webinar on project-based learning and the types of spaces that might be appropriate for this exciting mode of science instruction. Watch now »
 
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Science in Structure (school buildings teach science)
Science learning does not have to stop at the classroom door. A well-designed project takes as many opportunities as possible to give students additional scientific stimulation.