Water Cycle Performance objectives

Understanding the water cycle

The cycle of evaporation and condensation that controls the distribution of the earth's water as it evaporates from bodies of water, condenses, precipitates, and returns to those bodies of water.

The targeted students need to posses a prior knowledge of living things and general knowledge of the earth and the earth's physical settings. During this unit the students will have the opportunity of learning new terminology, use technology, posing questions, and seeking answers.

Instructional goal:

The student should be able to not only identify but also describe the four main phases of the water cycle which include Evaporation, Condensation, and Collection and distinguish the functions played by each phase.

The student will be able to recognize the relationship...

On completing this unit, the students will develop a culminating project by applying the newly learned information and thereafter present the project to their classmates. The students will make use of a number of resources which will enable them implement this project these resources will include internet access, the school's computer lab, and videos. The mode of assessing the students will have a direct link with the instructional goal of the lesson. After the activities the students will participate in a quiz which aims at evaluating how well the material has been understood by the students and a questionnaire which measures how effective the…