Weather or Climate Sort
3rd grade weather or climate sort: label five sentences, from tomorrow's snow to Florida summers, then draw and describe your local climate. With answer key.
3rd Grade Weather and Climate Worksheets
NGSS 3-ESS2: representing weather data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical conditions expected during a particular season.
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Weather and Climate worksheets to download
Weather Instruments Labeling
Label a weather station for 3rd grade science: thermometer, wind vane, rain gauge, anemometer, and barometer from a word bank, with a lettered answer key.
World Climates Sort
Sort 16 travel clues, from the Sahara to snowy owls, into polar, temperate, desert, and tropical zones. A 3rd grade world climates sheet with answer key.
Weather and Climate Crossword
A six-word weather and climate crossword for 3rd grade: forecast, weather, drought, season, climate, and hazard, with letter counts and an answer key.
Weather Hazard Solutions
Guided notes on weather hazard solutions for 3rd grade: shutters, tornado shelters, levees, and lightning rods, plus a design claim. Answer key included.
Reading Weather Graphs
Reading weather graphs for 3rd grade: a fall temperature table, spring rainfall bar graph, and snowy-day pictograph, with 11 questions and a worked answer key.
Curriculum objectives covered
3-ESS2-1
“Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.”
3-ESS2-2
“Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.”
3-ESS3-1
“Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.*”
3-5-ETS1-1
“Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.”
3-5-ETS1-2
“Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.”
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