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2nd grade · Science · Unit 5 of 7

Weather & Seasons

Weather, seasons, day and night

What your child practices

Dressing for the weather, the four seasons in order, day and night, and how plants and animals change with the seasons.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 2E.2.1.1.1; 2E.4.2.1.2 · the weather expected in each season, and climates in different places

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The seasons go spring, summer, fall, winter.
  2. Winter is the coldest season. Summer is the warmest.
  3. The sun lights the sky in the daytime.

Example: Which season comes after fall? Spring, summer, fall, then winter. Answer: winter

Weather & Seasons in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 5 of 7 in 2nd grade Science, after Water World and before Weather Hazards & Solutions.

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

    Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.

    • 🍂fall
    • ❄️winter
    • 🌷spring
    • ☀️summer

  2. Question 2

    In which season do many flowers start to grow?

    • 🍂fall
    • 🌷spring
    • ❄️winter

  3. Question 3

    Hot day or cold day? Put each one in its basket.

    Sort into: ☀️ hot day · ❄️ cold day

    • 🩴sandals
    • 🧤mittens
    • 👒sun hat
    • 🩱swimsuit
    • 🧥winter coat
    • 👢boots

  4. Question 4

    What lights up the sky in the daytime?

    • 🌙the moon
    • ☀️the sun
    • 🌈a rainbow

  5. Question 5

    Which season is the coldest?

    • ☀️summer
    • 🌷spring
    • ❄️winter

  6. Question 6

    Which animal is awake at night?

    • 🐝bee
    • 🦋butterfly
    • 🦇bat

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