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3rd grade · Science · Unit 10 of 12

Weather Hazards & Solutions

Designs that lessen the harm from floods, wind and storms.

What your child practices

Practices judging design solutions that reduce harm from weather hazards like floods, windstorms, lightning and snow, and solutions to problems when habitats change.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.12; 3.15 · solutions that lessen the harm from weather hazards and environmental changes

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Weather hazards include floods, windstorms, lightning, hail and snow.
  2. Designs reduce harm: seawalls, strong roofs, weather alerts.
  3. Engineers test designs to see if they work.

Example: Which design best stops a beach from washing away? Waves wear away the sand. A strong wall blocks the waves. Answer: a seawall

Weather Hazards & Solutions in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 10 of 12 in 3rd grade Science, after Surviving in a Habitat and before Fossils & Long Ago.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which design would best stop a beach from washing away?

    • A seawall
    • A swing
    • A bench
    • A sign

  2. Question 2

    Which material is best for a roof in a hailstorm?

    • Strong metal
    • Thin plastic wrap
    • Cloth
    • Paper

  3. Question 3

    Why are tornado shelters built underground?

    • They're closer to water
    • They are brighter
    • They are warmer
    • Strong winds can't reach them

  4. Question 4

    Which question helps judge a solution?

    • Is it the loudest?
    • Is it purple?
    • Does it have a name?
    • Does it solve the problem?

  5. Question 5

    Steep roofs in snowy places help…

    • sun shine in
    • rain stay
    • snow slide off
    • snow pile up

  6. Question 6

    Hot summers dry up a pond where frogs live. Which solution helps the frogs?

    • Plant shade trees by the pond
    • Remove all plants
    • Pave around it
    • Fill the pond with sand

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