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Chapter 1: What is Science Education?

1.1: A Vision for Science Education
1.2: The Planning Process
1.3: The Learning Experience
1.4: Design Considerations

Chapter 2: Creating Science Facilities

2.1: Overview
2.2: The Planning Phase
2.2.1: The Planning Committee
2.2.2: Educational Specifications
2.3: The Design Process
2.3.1: Pre-Design
2.3.2: Schematic Design
2.3.3: Design Development
2.3.4: Construction Document Phase

2.4: Construction and Occupancy

2.4.1: Construction
2.4.2: Installation of Furnishings and Equipment
2.4.3: Occupancy and Post-Occupancy Evaluation

2.5: IAC Projects

Chapter 3: The Science Program

3.1: Overview
3.2: Regional and Global Resources

3.2.1: Local College Programs and Facilities
3.2.2: Career and Technology Education Facilities
3.2.3: Commercial, Research, and Industrial Facilities
3.2.4: Natural and Institutional Resources
3.2.5: Electronic Resources

3.3: The School Site

3.3.1: Outdoor Facilities: Schoolyard Habitats
3.4: Within the School Building
3.5: Elementary School Programs

3.5.1: Science Within the General Classroom
3.5.2: Dedicated Science Classrooms
3.5.3: General Concerns at the Elementary Level

3.6: Middle School Programs

3.6.1: Dedicated Spaces
3.6.2: Organizing Principles
3.6.3: Unique Programs

3.7: High School Programs

3.7.1: Departmentalization Versus Interdisciplinary Organization
3.7.2: Relationship to Site
3.7.3: Organizing Principles

Chapter 4: Space Programming for Science Environments

4.1: Overview
4.2: Elementary School Science Facilities

4.2.1: Science in the Classroom
4.3: Secondary School Science Facilities

4.3.1: The Laboratory Area
4.3.2: The Lecture Area
4.3.3: The Preparation Area
4.3.4: The Storage Area
4.3.5: The Student Project Area
4.3.6: The Seminar Room
4.3.7: Teacher Planning
4.3.8: The Greenhouse
4.3.9: The Science Studio

Chapter 5: Design Considerations

5.1: Overview
5.2: Circulation Space
5.3: Access for Persons with Disabilities
5.4: Safety

5.4.1: Class Size
5.4.2: Adequate Circulation Space
5.4.3: Visual Supervisibility
5.4.4: Appropriate Ventilation
5.4.5: Eye Protection
5.4.6: Emergency Systems
5.4.7: Fire Protection

5.5: Interior/Exterior Relationship

5.5.1: Solar Orientation
5.5.2: Views to the Outdoors
5.5.3: Physical Access

5.6: Presentation and Display

5.6.1: Presentation
5.6.2: Two-Dimensional Display
5.6.3: Three-Dimensional Display

5.7: Equipment, Furnishings and Finishes

5.7.1: Equipment
5.7.2: Furnishings
5.7.3: Finishes

5.8: Utilities

5.8.1: Water
5.8.2: Power
5.8.3: Gas
5.8.4: Vacuum and Compressed Air
5.8.5: Utilities for Demonstrations
5.8.6: Waste

5.9: Ventilation, Heating, Cooling, and Indoor Air Quality

5.9.1: Ventilation
5.9.2: The Thermal Environment

5.10: Lighting

5.10.1: General Illumination
5.10.2: Task Lighting

5.11: Acoustics
5.12: Electronic Communications

5.12.1: Information Systems
5.12.2: Systems Integration

5.13: Building Ecology

5.13.1: Available Information
5.13.2: Emerging Issues
5.13.3: Strategies

5.14: Maintenance

5.14.1: Material Selection
5.15: Renovations of Existing Facilities
5.16: Area Summary

5.16.1: Calculating Teaching Stations
5.16.2: Calculating Net Area