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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. Why might Bayford have been milder than Hilltown?
  3. 3. Why did both schools take their readings at 10 a.m.?
  4. 4. What claim does this record support?
2.What does a wind vane show?
  • A.How warm the wind is
  • B.How much rain has fallen
  • C.The direction the wind is blowing from
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.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
5.What does a rain gauge measure?
  • A.How warm it is
  • B.How strong the wind is
  • C.How much rain has fallen
6.A bar graph shows each day's rain in two towns. What does it make easier to see?
  • A.Which town was wetter, day by day
  • B.Which town had more people
  • C.Which town was bigger
7.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

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 10 mm of rain. 2. Bayford is on the coast, and Hilltown is on high ground inland. 3. So the readings were taken at the same time and can be compared. 4. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford.
  2. 2.The direction the wind is blowing from
  3. 3.In the shade, out of direct sunlight
  4. 4.So readings from different days and places can be compared
  5. 5.How much rain has fallen
  6. 6.Which town was wetter, day by day
  7. 7.The wind is blowing harder

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