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If the spaces and structures that result from facilities planning are to provide a safe, engaging, efficient, and cost-effective environment for students and faculty for many years, they must be planned by and for the community that is to use them. Those who understand the nature of observation, investigation, problem-solving, and communication that is at the heart of the scientific way of knowing must have leadership roles in this process. This handbook is intended for use by colleges and universities that are thinking about, or in the process of planning for, new or renovated spaces for their undergraduate programs in science and mathematics, but the steps for the processes illustrated would also be useful to those who plan for K12 science facilities. Structures for Science includes materials, expanded and edited for publication, used at PKAL Facilities Workshops. The handbook also includes material developed specifically for this PKAL report about the planning and design process.

Disciplines:

• Education  / TeacherEd  / Teaching Methods  / Science