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2nd grade · Science · Unit 7 of 7

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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 2.E1U2.6 · weather in different regions, and designs that reduce the harm of weather hazards

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Weather hazards include floods, strong wind, lightning and heavy snow.
  2. People design solutions: storm shutters, windbreaks, fish ladders.
  3. Judge a solution by asking: does it solve the problem?

Example: Trees planted in a row to block wind are a…? They break the force of the wind. Answer: windbreak

Weather Hazards & Solutions in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 7 of 7 in 2nd grade Science, after Plants, Seeds & Pollinators.

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: Arizona Department of Education

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

    A weather alert on a phone helps people…

    • get ready for a storm
    • stop the wind
    • make it rain
    • grow plants

  2. Question 2

    Steep roofs in snowy places help…

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

  3. Question 3

    A good solution for a flood should…

    • make the flood bigger
    • be the hardest to build
    • protect people and homes
    • cost the most

  4. Question 4

    Why are tornado shelters built underground?

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

  5. Question 5

    Which question helps judge a solution?

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

  6. Question 6

    A bridge is built higher over a river. It is designed for…

    • more traffic only
    • wind only
    • a parade
    • flood water

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