Extreme Weather Case Study

This worksheet examines Hurricane Katrina through a real-world case study, providing students with event details such as location, category, wind speeds, rainfall levels, and major impacts. After reading the summary, students answer analysis questions about the storm’s causes, consequences, human responses, and long-term improvements that could reduce future natural disaster damage. This activity strengthens critical thinking and comprehension of extreme weather events. It also helps students connect scientific factors-like storm surge and rainfall-to real human outcomes. The reflection prompt encourages deeper reasoning by asking students to consider meaningful solutions for community resilience.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Science – Extreme Weather Events and Impacts

Social Studies – Human-Environment Interaction

English Language Arts – Reading Informational Text

Science – Analyzing Causes and Effects in Natural Hazards

This worksheet is part of our Weather and Climate Worksheets Collection.