Experiment-based chemistry education

Experimentation is one of the ways to learn the basics and general results of science that compel students to think and ultimately learn optimally. Experiment-based education is a robust method for maintaining the visual process of teaching and principles for furthering educational objectives in chemistry. The laboratory is the complementary sector and the focus of empirical science education, which provides students with participation in science-related activities and learning the scientific method. Since most of the findings of empirical sciences are obtained through observation and implementation of experiments, therefore, the best way to effectively learn empirical sciences is to conduct experiments and live observation of scientific evidences. In the present research, at first, the role of the laboratory in the teaching of experimental sciences, including chemistry, will be discussed, the goals and approach to implementing this method will be addressed, and the views of several experts regarding the importance of laboratory teaching, the stages of the laboratory teaching method, and also separately, the ways of presenting laboratory activities, merits and limitations of this method are examined, suggestions for using this method as much as possible in schools in order to improve chemistry education are presented. In the end, the process of making colored crystals by first-secondary students is described.