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The purpose of the research was to identify the impact of science teaching using the ring house plan in acquiring scientific concepts and developing the visual thinking skills of sixth grade students in the Saudi city of Abha. The research used the semi-experimental method. Two research tools were also developed: a test of scientific concepts, The experiment was applied to a random sample of 70 female students; sixth grade in two schools in Abha, the first school; the experimental group (35) students studied the "life processes" unit using the ring house plan, the second school (the control group) (35) students studied the unit in the usual way during the first semester of the academic year 1436 AH. The research tools were applied in advance to the two groups to identify the equivalence of experimental and control. At the end of the experiment, the same research tools were applied to the two groups. The results of the post-application of the scientific concepts test confirmed that there were statistically significant differences at (0.05) between the average scores of the two groups; experimental and obtained a general average (35.71) in return for the control of Average (21.31), and in the post-decimal application In the experimental group, the mean difference was (0.05) between the results of the two groups; the experimental obtained a total average (28.62) while the control obtained the average (17.45). The difference was in favor of the experimental group.) In the acquisition of scientific concepts, and (0.50) in the skills of visual thinking, ie, a significant impact in both, and in the light of those results, was made some recommendations and proposals to activate the use of the strategy of the ring house plan in teaching. (Published Abstract)