Scientific Concept of Teaching Science

It is not possible to understand and to apply knowledge of any kind in practice without the help of concepts. In simple terms, concepts are generalised ideas of any object or person. For instance, if we utter word Chair, then an image of sitting place with four legs and a back will emerge in mind. This kind of image gets developed as a result of concept of chair. Likewise, if someone provokes the word tree then a object with a root and various branches with leafs and fruits or flowers will emerge in mind. Thus, it is through concepts of objects that one can get idea of that object.

Likewise, scientific concepts are those ideas which are developed through proper investigation and analysation. For instance, it has been proven by the studies that water is a liquid, which gets solid in the form of ice when freezer while vapour when heated.

Thus, when someone provokes the word ice, then image of solid form of water gets emerged in the mind. It is on the various experiences that concepts are based. Another important feature of concepts is that they get extended to entire class of particular object, person or condition.

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Like facts, concepts of all kinds are liable to be changed and they are non-eternal in nature. Through further experimentation and studies, existing concepts can be modified or altered. Scientific facts and all the functions performed in this area cannot be understand without the help of scientific concepts. It is only through scientific facts that one can accumulate and understand knowledge or results obtained through various studies.

There are various concepts which are used in the field of science through which one can understand and make use of results obtained through studies in practice. Some of the important concepts are reproduction, reflection, and evaporation.

As said earlier that an important feature of scientific concept is that they are being extended on entire class of that particular object or person, which implies that if concept of solid gets applied not only on solid form of water, but on solid forms of all the liquids.

Qualities which define liquid or gases are found to some or little extent in all liquids or gases respectively. If wrong or improper concepts are being used, then improper results can be obtained, for which it is very necessary to replace such kinds of concepts with proper or right ones.