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

  1. 1.1. It does not tell you whether this week was typical of March in either town. 2. Hilltown, which had more rain than Bayford every day. 3. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford. 4. The rain gauge.
  2. 2.A north wind, blowing from the north
  3. 3.The readings cannot be compared directly
  4. 4.The wind is blowing harder
  5. 5.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  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.