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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. Which town was colder on every day of the week?
  2. 2. Which way did the wind usually blow from at Bayford?
  3. 3. Why did both schools take their readings at 10 a.m.?
  4. 4. How much rain fell in Hilltown on Friday?
2.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
3.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
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.Two towns measure rain, one in millimeters and one in spoonfuls. What is the problem?
  • A.The readings cannot be compared directly
  • B.Spoonfuls are always bigger
  • C.There is no problem
6.Why put a rain gauge in an open space, away from trees?
  • A.So it is easy to see
  • B.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it
  • C.So the birds can drink
7.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

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

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  1. 1.1. Hilltown, which was colder than Bayford every day. 2. From the south-west or the west. 3. So the readings were taken at the same time and can be compared. 4. 10 mm of rain.
  2. 2.So readings from different days and places can be compared
  3. 3.Which town was wetter, day by day
  4. 4.The wind is blowing harder
  5. 5.The readings cannot be compared directly
  6. 6.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it
  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.