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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. Why might Bayford have been milder than Hilltown?
  2. 2. What does this record not tell you?
  3. 3. Which instrument measured the rain?
  4. 4. How much rain fell in Hilltown on Friday?
2.Two towns measure rain, one in millimeters and one in spoonfuls. What is the problem?
  • A.The readings cannot be compared directly
  • B.There is no problem
  • C.Spoonfuls are always bigger
3.An anemometer's cups spin faster. What does that show?
  • A.It is about to rain
  • B.It is getting colder
  • C.The wind is blowing harder
4.A bar graph shows each day's rain in two towns. What does it make easier to see?
  • A.Which town was bigger
  • B.Which town was wetter, day by day
  • C.Which town had more people
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.What does a wind vane show?
  • A.How much rain has fallen
  • B.How warm the wind is
  • C.The direction the wind is blowing from
7.What does a rain gauge measure?
  • A.How warm it is
  • B.How strong the wind is
  • C.How much rain has fallen

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Bayford is on the coast, and Hilltown is on high ground inland. 2. It does not tell you whether this week was typical of March in either town. 3. The rain gauge. 4. 10 mm of rain.
  2. 2.The readings cannot be compared directly
  3. 3.The wind is blowing harder
  4. 4.Which town was wetter, day by day
  5. 5.A north wind, blowing from the north
  6. 6.The direction the wind is blowing from
  7. 7.How much rain has fallen

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