Content Development

A heartfelt thank you to Duncan Johnson for his invaluable assistance in brainstorming and developing the content outlined below. Without your creative insights and support, this project would not have been successful. Additionally, I extend my gratitude to Buddha Lama (NIMS) and Madhav Sanjel (Panchakannya School) for dedicating their time to test these lessons and for providing essential feedback.

At Karkhana Samuha, we are committed to developing engaging hands-on lessons that incorporate various instructional design techniques. Our focus includes making sessions playful, interactive, experimenting different lesson designing model such as “CAT” (Curiosity, Activity, Thinking) model flow, and experimenting daily with different components, such as repurposing old toys to build interactive lessons. However, after countless activities and lesson designs, I realized that as content developers, we tend to create materials that we find intriguing and fun. Despite teaching my colleagues and teachers about human-centric design, I hadn't fully applied these principles in our lesson development.

This realization led me to consult directly with our Kheldai Sikdai teachers, posing two critical questions:

Which lesson do you find most challenging to teach?
Which concepts do students struggle to grasp, despite repeated instruction?

During my visits and conversations, Sharada Ma’am from Panchakanya shared, “I am a math teacher, and my students struggle significantly with the concepts of area and volume. Although they are familiar with the terms, they find it difficult to visualize how area and volume are related.” Similarly, other teachers expressed challenges in conveying and ensuring students understand curriculum concepts.

Glimpse of students actively test and explore the educational materials and lessons we've developed.

These insights have shaped my current focus at Karkhana Samuha: to develop content that aligns directly with Nepal’s curriculum, ensuring our lessons are both effective and relevant and as a result these lessons were produced.

Area and Volume

https://youtu.be/vIIod5FRDjw

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Curriculum Alignment

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Grade 6

Science 1.1 Introduce the scientific learning process and encourage its adoption. 1.2 Explain the use and importance of units of measurement. 1.3 Identify commonly used local units of measurement and explain the importance of SI units. 1.4 Understand the large and small units (sub units) of measurement for physical quantities.

Math 3.1: Distance - Establish the relationship between inches, foot & meter"

Grade 7

Science 1.2 Build models of objects related to science and describe the process. Force and Motion 6.1 Define distance, displacement, speed, and velocity, and differentiate between distance and displacement, as well as speed and velocity.

Math 3.1: Establish the relationship between inches, foot & meter"

Grade 8

Science 6.3 Introduce the concept of pulleys and describe their types. 6.4 Explain the working principle of pulleys and verify it through practical demonstration.

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Lessons Resources

Area and Volume - Educators Guide.pdf

क्षेत्रफल र आयतन - Student Guide [Nepali].pdf

Area and Volume - Student Guide [English].pdf

Templates

2D shapes

3D shapes