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Two Towns, One Week is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on recording and comparing weather readings from two places at the same time, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-ESS2-1. It prints 7 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Two Towns, One Week

3-ESS2-1

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Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.Read the record, then answer the questions.

Two Towns, One Week

Readings two schools took at 10 a.m. on each school day for one week in March, and swapped by email. HILLTOWN (high ground, inland) Mon 4 °C, wind from the north, 6 mm of rain Tue 3 °C, wind from the north, 8 mm of rain Wed 6 °C, wind from the west, 1 mm of rain Thu 5 °C, wind from the north-west, 4 mm of rain Fri 2 °C, wind from the north, 10 mm of rain BAYFORD (on the coast) Mon 9 °C, wind from the south-west, no rain Tue 8 °C, wind from the west, 2 mm of rain Wed 10 °C, wind from the south-west, no rain Thu 11 °C, wind from the south-west, 1 mm of rain Fri 7 °C, wind from the west, 3 mm of rain Both schools used a thermometer, a wind vane and a rain gauge.

  1. 1. What claim does this record support?
  2. 2. Which town was warmer on Monday?
  3. 3. Which instrument measured the rain?
  4. 4. Which way did the wind usually blow from at Bayford?
2.An anemometer's cups spin faster. What does that show?
  • A.It is getting colder
  • B.The wind is blowing harder
  • C.It is about to rain
3.Where should a thermometer be put to measure the air temperature?
  • A.In full sun
  • B.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  • C.Inside a warm classroom
4.Why do weather watchers put their readings in a table?
  • A.So readings from different days and places can be compared
  • B.So the readings look neat
  • C.So nobody can read them
5.The arrow of a wind vane points north. Which wind is blowing?
  • A.A south wind
  • B.No wind at all
  • C.A north wind, blowing from the north
6.Which instrument measures the temperature of the air?
  • A.A rain gauge
  • B.A thermometer
  • C.A wind vane
7.Two towns measure rain, one in millimeters and one in spoonfuls. What is the problem?
  • A.There is no problem
  • B.The readings cannot be compared directly
  • C.Spoonfuls are always bigger

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

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  1. 1.1. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford. 2. Bayford, at 9 °C. 3. The rain gauge. 4. From the south-west or the west.
  2. 2.The wind is blowing harder
  3. 3.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  4. 4.So readings from different days and places can be compared
  5. 5.A north wind, blowing from the north
  6. 6.A thermometer
  7. 7.The readings cannot be compared directly

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-ESS2-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.