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Science Spaces for Project-Based Learning

Learn how proper planning and design can help put students in charge of their own learning. 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.

Approximate running time 23 minutes.
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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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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.
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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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Indianapolis “Met” High School Science Addition

Indianapolis “Met” High School Science Addition
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF INDIANAPOLIS, Indianapolis, IN
Scope:  Science lab consulting  and planning for an addition to inner city charter high school, one of the “Big Picture Schools.”  Project includes two flexible science lab/classrooms, a shared prep area, a student science project space, a distance learning classroom, a weather and seismic activities [...]

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NSTA Guide to Planning School Science Facilities (Book review)

Everything you need to design cutting-edge science facilities is provided in the second edition of NSTA’S Guide to Planning School Science Facilities.
In accordance with the National Science Education Standards, suggestions for the development of quality science facilities are provided. One of these recommendations is first to complete a curriculum review, because curriculum should shape the [...]

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Sacred Heart Convent School

Science Addition
SACRED HEART CONVENT SCHOOL, Greenwich, CT
Scope: Science lab consulting on three-story science addition for independent school.
Credit: Peter Gisolfi & Associates, Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY, Architect of Record
Sacred Heart Convent School Chemistry Lab
Sacred Heart Convent School Biology Lab

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St Paul School

Renovations and Additions to St. Paul School
ST. PAUL PARISH, Fenton, MO
Scope: Programming, master planning and conceptual design of renovations and additions to parochial Pre-K through 12 school, including science lab/classrooms.

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Ethel Walker School

Science Department Renovations
ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL, Simsbury, CT
Scope: Science lab consulting on renovations to science building at independent school.
Credit: Peter Gisolfi and Associates, Ardsley-on-Hudson, NY, Architect of Record
Ethel Walker School “Generic” Lab/Classroom
Ethel Walker School Biology Lab/Classroom

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