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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. Which instrument measured the rain?
  3. 3. What claim does this record support?
  4. 4. Why did both schools take their readings at 10 a.m.?
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.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
4.An anemometer's cups spin faster. What does that show?
  • A.It is getting colder
  • B.The wind is blowing harder
  • C.It is about to rain
5.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
6.Two towns measure rain, one in millimeters and one in spoonfuls. What is the problem?
  • A.There is no problem
  • B.The readings cannot be compared directly
  • C.Spoonfuls are always bigger
7.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 it is easy to see
  • C.So the birds can drink

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Bayford is on the coast, and Hilltown is on high ground inland. 2. The rain gauge. 3. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford. 4. So the readings were taken at the same time and can be compared.
  2. 2.A north wind, blowing from the north
  3. 3.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  4. 4.The wind is blowing harder
  5. 5.Which town was wetter, day by day
  6. 6.The readings cannot be compared directly
  7. 7.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it

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