Last week, Principal Mahida took us on a tour of the Technical Wing at Kadod High School. Priya, Cat, Melissa and I were thoroughly impressed!
When going into the 8th, 9th and 10th standards, students at KHS can choose what elective to take. For instance, a student can choose to take technical classes (which includes technology, engineering and drawing classes), computers, home science or dairy science.
Kadod High School has 3 computer labs with approximately 70 computers total. There are 3 science labs: a biology lab, a physics lab, and a chemistry lab. There are also 4 engineering labs: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electric gadgets and engineering/drawing. There are 4 trades labs which include carpentry, blacksmith, welding and home science. There is also a “science park.” This is where students learn physics concepts through practical means like playing with swings to demonstrate the idea of momentum.
During our tour, we first visited the chemistry lab. Filled with tons of different chemical solutions, the chemistry lab looked similar to the chemistry lab I used in high school. The other teachers and I marveled at the selection of solutions the students made in class, which include lotions, soaps, ink and even toothpaste!
Here's a picture of the chemistry lab!
When going into the 8th, 9th and 10th standards, students at KHS can choose what elective to take. For instance, a student can choose to take technical classes (which includes technology, engineering and drawing classes), computers, home science or dairy science.
Kadod High School has 3 computer labs with approximately 70 computers total. There are 3 science labs: a biology lab, a physics lab, and a chemistry lab. There are also 4 engineering labs: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electric gadgets and engineering/drawing. There are 4 trades labs which include carpentry, blacksmith, welding and home science. There is also a “science park.” This is where students learn physics concepts through practical means like playing with swings to demonstrate the idea of momentum.
During our tour, we first visited the chemistry lab. Filled with tons of different chemical solutions, the chemistry lab looked similar to the chemistry lab I used in high school. The other teachers and I marveled at the selection of solutions the students made in class, which include lotions, soaps, ink and even toothpaste!
Here's a picture of the chemistry lab!
After visiting the chemistry lab, the Principal took us to the Biology lab! The Biology lab was filled with glass jars holding different plants and animals, like lizards and sea creatures, that the teacher had preserved.
The Biology lab even had a human skeleton! 
Next, we visited the Technical Wing. Here students showed us some of the work they do.
Next, we visited the Technical Wing. Here students showed us some of the work they do.
Here a student is sawing a piece of metal to make a nice design. 
In addition to working with metals, the students also have a wood shop.
Here are some of the items the students make in class.
In addition to working with metals, the students also have a wood shop.
Here are some of the items the students make in class.
It is truly amazing how precise each piece the students create is. The Principal was telling us that all the students in the class are masters of precision! The teachers really stress the importance of getting all measurements correct according to their instructions.
This precision is obvious in this wooden model of the Technical section of Kadod High School!
As I talked about earlier, some of the younger students are also taken to the “Science Park.” This is where students can play with different structures to learn about the practical side of physics.
Here’s a picture of Anilbhai demonstrating the concept of momentum with the swing structure.
Seeing the Park sure made me wish I had one of these when I was taking Physics!
The students of Kadod HS are even taught to weld and solder.
The students of Kadod HS are even taught to weld and solder.
Here, a few of my 9th grade students practice their welding skills.
The Principal then took us into a lab where students were practicing AutoCad, designing different structures on the computer!
In the lab, there were also many posters and light-up demonstrations teachers use to teach students about different structures of the brain, blood flow throughout the body, and how electric currents flow. The Human Biology major in me could not help but take pictures of the different tools students use to learn about the human body in Kadod! I was so impressed with the rigor of the science curriculum here! 
To end our tour of the Technical Wing at Kadod HS, we went to visit the physics teacher in his Physics Lab. He explained to us some of the experiments 11th standard students do during the Practicals they have. In one lab, the teacher explained to us how students calculate the acceleration due to gravity based on the speed of a continuous pendulum. In another lab, students study the idea of resistance and current flow.
And with that mini-lesson in Physics, our tour of the labs ended. The depth through which students here in Kadod study different scientific concepts amazes me, especially when they have so many different subjects to take in school at one time. For instance, students who choose to enter the Science stream take math or biology, physics, chemistry, and biology, chemistry and physics Practicals (labs) all in the same year! I don’t know if I would’ve survived high school if I had to take all those classes together!
I hope you enjoyed the tour!
वनिशा Vanisha
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