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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 warmer on Monday?
  2. 2. Which town would you expect to be wetter next Monday?
  3. 3. Why might Bayford have been milder than Hilltown?
  4. 4. What claim does this record support?
2.Why do weather watchers put their readings in a table?
  • A.So readings from different days and places can be compared
  • B.So the readings look neat
  • C.So nobody can read them
3.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
4.Why must a rain gauge be read and emptied at the same time every day?
  • A.So it does not get dusty
  • B.So the rain stays fresh
  • C.So each reading is one day's rain
5.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
6.Which instrument measures the temperature of the air?
  • A.A rain gauge
  • B.A wind vane
  • C.A thermometer
7.Why put a rain gauge in an open space, away from trees?
  • A.So it is easy to see
  • B.So the birds can drink
  • C.So trees do not block the rain or drip extra into it

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Answer key — Two Towns, One Week

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  1. 1.1. Bayford, at 9 °C. 2. Hilltown, which had more rain than Bayford every day. 3. Bayford is on the coast, and Hilltown is on high ground inland. 4. That week, Hilltown was colder and wetter than Bayford.
  2. 2.So readings from different days and places can be compared
  3. 3.Which town was wetter, day by day
  4. 4.So each reading is one day's rain
  5. 5.The readings cannot be compared directly
  6. 6.A thermometer
  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.