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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. Why might Bayford have been milder than Hilltown?
  3. 3. What does this record not tell you?
  4. 4. How much rain fell in Hilltown on Friday?
2.Which instrument measures the temperature of the air?
  • A.A wind vane
  • B.A rain gauge
  • C.A thermometer
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 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
5.Why put a rain gauge in an open space, away from trees?
  • A.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it
  • B.So the birds can drink
  • C.So it is easy to see
6.Why do weather watchers put their readings in a table?
  • A.So nobody can read them
  • B.So the readings look neat
  • C.So readings from different days and places can be compared
7.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

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford. 2. Bayford is on the coast, and Hilltown is on high ground inland. 3. It does not tell you whether this week was typical of March in either town. 4. 10 mm of rain.
  2. 2.A thermometer
  3. 3.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  4. 4.So each reading is one day's rain
  5. 5.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it
  6. 6.So readings from different days and places can be compared
  7. 7.The direction the wind is blowing from

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