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The Furniture of Science

By Michael Fickes | 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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The Science Resource Area in the State-of-the-Art High School

By James Biehle | October 1st, 2000

It appears that science education is moving more and more toward individual and small-group, hands-on projects and away from the “sage on the stage” lecture and “one size fits all” laboratory projects. The Thomas Haney Centre in Maple Ridge, British Columbia (Canada) operates on Individual study plans for each student, requiring that a student demonstrate [...]

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Planning the Middle School Science Classroom

By James Biehle | 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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Q&A With James Biehle

By Eric Butterfield | 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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Designing High School Science Facilities

By James Biehle | September 9th, 1999

A major principle of good science facilities planning is to avoid building for a single curricular model. Since continued change in educational trends is inevitable, any plans for science space should allow as much flexibility as possible to avoid the expense and considerable inconvenience of reconfiguring the space later.
Traditionally, the high school program, served [...]

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Science Facilities by Design

By James Biehle | January 24th, 1999

Due to the basic nature of science, science classrooms and laboratories are among the most hazardous instructional areas in the school environment, so safety for those who will be using the facilities should be a prominent concern for facility planners. The planning team should give specific attention not only to the design of the facilities but also to the establishment of emergency procedures.

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High School Science Resource Area

By James Biehle | October 1st, 1998

Fixed, designated-subject science labs may become dinosaurs. Perhaps a large, flexible student project space, somewhat like the example at South Carroll High School in Carroll County, MD could be combined with a number of other support spaces to provide the appropriate learning environment for science.

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Tomorrow’s Science in Yesterday’s Buildings

By James Biehle | March 1st, 1997

Many high school science classrooms, including those recently designed and/or renovated, are not equipped for 21st-century science. Typical problems with existing facilities include insufficient space, overcrowded classrooms, designs that limit a teacher’s ability to supervise the class, no separation of lab and lecture functions, inadequate storage, no preparation space or individual/small group project space, no faculty office space, and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Six Science Labs for the 21st Century

By James Biehle | 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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Complying with Science

By James Biehle | 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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  An extremely important article on school science lab safety is Dr. Kenneth Roy’s “Safer Science” column in the October 2010 issue of The Science Teacher entitled: “‘Chemicals of Interest’ and More.” The column discusses a list of 330 chemicals, some of which are common to school science labs, which are of concern to the [...]
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  College and university science programs generate hazardous waste that must be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with state and federal regulations. During a recent renovation and addition project for the State University of New York at Plattsburgh (SUNY Plattsburgh), James Biehle was contracted to analyze existing regulations, research best practices at similar institutions, [...]
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  Safe Science and Small Learning Communities Schools that are designed to serve students in small learning communities, or pods, can provide safer science areas and save considerable costs, both initially and in the future, by centralizing those facilities. And, most students and faculty seem to prefer this type of arrangement. This article, from the May [...]

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