Skip to content
LessonPrint

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.

Set 24 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per student

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Two Towns, One Week

3-ESS2-1

NameDate

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. Which town was warmer on Monday?
  3. 3. Why did both schools take their readings at 10 a.m.?
  4. 4. Which way did the wind usually blow from at Bayford?
2.Which instrument measures the temperature of the air?
  • A.A thermometer
  • B.A wind vane
  • C.A rain gauge
3.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
4.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
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 had more people
  • C.Which town was wetter, day by day
6.What does a wind vane show?
  • A.How much rain has fallen
  • B.The direction the wind is blowing from
  • C.How warm the wind is
7.Why must a rain gauge be read and emptied at the same time every day?
  • A.So the rain stays fresh
  • B.So it does not get dusty
  • C.So each reading is one day's rain

LessonPrint · 3-ESS2-1 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 10 mm of rain. 2. Bayford, at 9 °C. 3. So the readings were taken at the same time and can be compared. 4. From the south-west or the west.
  2. 2.A thermometer
  3. 3.The readings cannot be compared directly
  4. 4.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it
  5. 5.Which town was wetter, day by day
  6. 6.The direction the wind is blowing from
  7. 7.So each reading is one day's rain

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