Kindergarten · Science · Unit 3 of 6
Weather & Seasons
Weather, seasons, day and night
What your child practises
Dressing for the weather, the four seasons in order, day and night, and how plants and animals change with the seasons.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Sustainable Futures · recognizing patterns in weather and the seasons
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put the seasons in order. Start with spring.
- ☀️summer
- ❄️winter
- 🍂fall
- 🌷spring
spring → summer → fall → winter
Hint: Flowers grow in spring. Next comes hot summer, then leafy fall, then cold winter.
Question 2
In which season do many leaves fall off trees?
- 🌷spring
- 🍂fall
- ☀️summer
🍂 fall
Hint: In fall, many leaves change colour and drop off the trees.
Question 3
It is hot and sunny. What should you wear?
☀️- 👒sun hat
- 🧤mittens
- 🧣scarf
👒 sun hat
Hint: A sun hat shades your face on a hot, sunny day.
Question 4
In winter, a snowshoe hare's fur turns…
🐇- 🟩green
- 🟧orange
- ⬜white
⬜ white
Hint: White fur helps the hare hide in the snow!
Question 5
Many owls sleep in the day. When are they awake?
🦉- 🌙at night
- 🌅in the morning
- 🥪at lunchtime
🌙 at night
Hint: Many owls wake up when it gets dark. They hunt at night.
Question 6
Which season is the coldest?
- 🌷spring
- ❄️winter
- ☀️summer
❄️ winter
Hint: Winter is the coldest season. Some places get snow!