New science classrooms were recently completed in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District in Industry, California, capping off a $12.5 million project, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The modernized classrooms impressed local students and teachers alike. Some noted that during the previous year, science classes were held in auto shop and art classrooms.
The new classrooms, which feature sinks, air and gas connections, vapor hoods and emergency showers, are ideal for introducing some of the most engaging physical principles of biology, chemistry and physics. Classroom technology like a laptop, a tablet or a
DLP projector can help a teacher maintain the attention of a class or connect with a number of students, all with different learning styles.
Leonor Pineda, a biology teacher at the school, noted that her new, state-of-the-art classroom projector allows her to perform an experiment at the front of the class and have every student see it in detail from the comfort of their lab benches.
The improvements in Hacienda La Puente are just one of several upgrades to science classrooms in the area, according to the source. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights recently spent $3.9 million on renovations to its science wing, and today the strength of its biotech classes attracts students and teachers from across the state to attend an annual workshop.
