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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. Which way did the wind usually blow from at Bayford?
  2. 2. Which instrument measured the rain?
  3. 3. Which town was warmer on Monday?
  4. 4. What claim does this record support?
2.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
3.Why must a rain gauge be read and emptied at the same time every day?
  • A.So it does not get dusty
  • B.So each reading is one day's rain
  • C.So the rain stays fresh
4.Where should a thermometer be put to measure the air temperature?
  • A.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  • B.In full sun
  • C.Inside a warm classroom
5.Which instrument measures the temperature of the air?
  • A.A thermometer
  • B.A rain gauge
  • C.A wind vane
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.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

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

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  1. 1.1. From the south-west or the west. 2. The rain gauge. 3. Bayford, at 9 °C. 4. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford.
  2. 2.A north wind, blowing from the north
  3. 3.So each reading is one day's rain
  4. 4.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  5. 5.A thermometer
  6. 6.The direction the wind is blowing from
  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.