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Weather Notes for the Coral Classroom Aquarium

Read a seasonal temperature graph and rain table from a coral reef classroom aquarium to describe typical weather.

Grade 3ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3-ESS2-1

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15 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students read a graph and table to compare seasonal temperatures and rainy days.
Students use several weather records as evidence to describe typical seasonal weather.
Students distinguish seasonal patterns from single-day weather observations.

How to use

Read the aquarium team's notes together, then have students use both displays to answer the questions and support their weather descriptions with data.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

3-ESS2-1

Use tables and graphs of weather data to describe typical weather in a season.

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Weather Notes for the Coral Classroom Aquarium

Use seasonal weather data to describe what visitors might expect.

Read the aquarium team's records

Read the notes and use the graph and table to answer the questions.

Weather Near the Reef Classroom

The Coral Classroom Aquarium has a large window where students watch a model coral reef. The class wanted to know which season usually makes it easiest for families to visit the aquarium. They recorded the weather on 20 observation days in each season. The days were spread across each season instead of being chosen from the forecast.

The graph shows the average noon temperature for each season. The table shows how many of the 20 observation days were rainy. A rainy observation day means rain was recorded during some part of that day. The records describe the weather during this study, not the weather on every day in a season.