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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. How much rain fell in Hilltown on Friday?
  2. 2. Which town would you expect to be wetter next Monday?
  3. 3. Why might Bayford have been milder than Hilltown?
  4. 4. What claim does this record support?
2.Which instrument measures the temperature of the air?
  • A.A thermometer
  • B.A wind vane
  • C.A rain gauge
3.The arrow of a wind vane points north. Which wind is blowing?
  • A.No wind at all
  • B.A north wind, blowing from the north
  • C.A south wind
4.Why put a rain gauge in an open space, away from trees?
  • A.So the birds can drink
  • B.So it is easy to see
  • C.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it
5.Why must a rain gauge be read and emptied at the same time every day?
  • A.So each reading is one day's rain
  • B.So it does not get dusty
  • C.So the rain stays fresh
6.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
7.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 had more people
  • C.Which town was wetter, day by day

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 10 mm of rain. 2. Hilltown, which had more rain than Bayford every day. 3. Bayford is on the coast, and Hilltown is on high ground inland. 4. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford.
  2. 2.A thermometer
  3. 3.A north wind, blowing from the north
  4. 4.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it
  5. 5.So each reading is one day's rain
  6. 6.The wind is blowing harder
  7. 7.Which town was wetter, day by day

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