What is a

concept?

a cognitive unit of meaningan abstract idea or a mentalsymbol

concepts are mental representations

It emerges from abstraction

abstraction is a mental processwhen the things are not clear

beautiful flowers

red

concepts need phrases orsymbols to understand

Phrases or symbols needobservation

Or at leastvisualization

Social Studies is full of abstractions

Earth

Earth surface

Movements of Earth surface

Human skull

Sheet of rock

Great land masses

Icebergs

Interior of the Earth

Plates of the skullDon’t move

Scientists

Are you looking someabstractions on thispage

The terms are vague to the students

Can you decide it isdawn or sunset

Find the abstractions

Maps are very difficult to the students

There is an abstraction anda concept derived from thatabstraction. Please indicate

What is abstraction?

the basic needs of population

How are the conceptsinvestigated or created

Discussions

Students presentation