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2nd grade · Science · Unit 6 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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 2E.2.1.1.2 · testing designs that lessen the harm from 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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 6 of 7 in 2nd grade Science, after Weather & Seasons and before 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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

    Steep roofs in snowy places help…

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

  2. Question 2

    Why do engineers test designs?

    • To make them pretty
    • To use more money
    • To see if they work
    • To waste time

  3. Question 3

    Storm shutters protect windows from…

    • sunlight
    • strong winds
    • birds
    • snowflakes only

  4. Question 4

    Trees planted in a row to block wind are a…

    • windbreak
    • dam
    • seawall
    • levee

  5. Question 5

    A weather alert on a phone helps people…

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

  6. Question 6

    Which solution helps animals cross a busy new highway?

    • More lanes
    • A wildlife bridge over the road
    • A taller fence everywhere
    • Brighter street lights

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