Reading Weather Instruments
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About this worksheet
Turn weather vocabulary into a real skill with this hands-on instrument-reading worksheet for grades 3-5. Students study clear diagrams of weather tools and read the exact measurement each one shows.
The sheet is organized in four parts: thermometers (read the temperature), a rain gauge (read the rainfall in centimeters), a wind vane (read the direction), and anemometers (compare wind speed). Each part builds from simple readings to a short thinking question, and the sheet closes by asking students why scientists read the same tools at the same time each day.
Every diagram is drawn in a clean, kid-friendly style, and a full answer key is included for quick grading. This activity supports NGSS 3-ESS2-1 and works as guided practice, a station, or homework.
Use it right after the weather-tools reading brief and before the two-week graphing activity for a smooth teach-observe-analyze sequence. Just print and teach.
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