One picture of a weather station anchors this short labeling sheet. Students name the five instruments marked A to E, using a word bank of barometer, anemometer, thermometer, rain gauge, and wind vane. It suits 3rd grade science units on NGSS 3-ESS2-1, since each tool gives the data students later put into weather tables and graphs. The answer key lists the correct letter for every instrument.
3-ESS2-1
“Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.”
Labels A to E name the tools that collect temperature, wind, rainfall, and air pressure data, the numbers students record before they make seasonal tables.
Students look at the weather station diagram and write an instrument name on the blank line that points to each part. The Word Bank holds the five names, so every word is used once.
A is the thermometer, B the wind vane, C the rain gauge, D the anemometer, and E the barometer.
Before a weather log
Hand this out on the day you start a class weather chart. Students then know which tool gives which reading when they take turns as weather reporter.
Vocabulary review
Anemometer and wind vane are the pair students swap most often. Cover the word bank for a second attempt and see who can still tell speed from direction.
Science center
Put a real rain gauge or thermometer beside the sheet. Students match the object to its letter on the diagram before they fill in the blank lines.
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