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The study aimed to reveal the degree of application of the gamification method in teaching science and the difficulties faced by female teachers when applying it in the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and to achieve the goals of the study the researcher used the parallel converging approach, and a questionnaire was prepared to collect data consisting of two parts, the first part contains information about the teacher, and the second part consists of 36 phrases that represent the three axes of the questionnaire (importance, use, difficulties), and after confirming their credibility and validity, they were distributed electronically to a sample of science teachers in the primary stage in the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah in the second semester of the year 1441 AH, and their total number was 328 teachers. The percentage of retriever and the valid ones was (200) questionnaires, and at the same time interviews were conducted with six female teachers in order to reach a deeper understanding about the results of the study through the questionnaire and its confirmation. After conducting descriptive and statistical methods on the data, the researcher reached results, the most important of which is the teachers ’great belief in the importance of using gamification in science lessons for the primary stage, and despite reaching this result, they use medium-level gamification in the educational process. The results also concluded that there were obstacles ranging from medium to high, which contributed to reducing the use of parameters for the manipulation method, some of which are administrative and others related to the parameter. The interviews reinforced the findings of the quantitative tool. By using statistical methods to identify the variance of the responses of the study community according to their specializations, educational qualifications, teaching experiences, or courses that they may enroll in on gamification or the education office to which the teacher belongs, the results concluded that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0, 05) Show their responses In light of the results of the research, a set of recommendations was presented, including: organizing training courses and workshops to train science teachers on the use of the gamification method in education, and the application of gamification in science education to move to an interesting, enjoyable and interactive educational environment, and also equipping schools with the necessary capabilities to teach according to a method Gamification. (Published abstract)