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Ridge Station Journal: Seasonal Weather Signals

Read a mountain weather journal, table, and graphs to describe typical temperatures and precipitation in each season.

Grade 3ScienceInteractive · Printable

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

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use a weather table and graphs to describe typical seasonal temperatures.
  • Students compare seasonal precipitation data and make evidence-based weather predictions.
  • Students distinguish typical seasonal patterns from weather on one day.

How to use

Read the field journal notes together and discuss what typical means. Then have students use both the table and graphs as evidence for each answer.

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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Ridge Station Journal: Seasonal Weather Signals

Use a mountain weather journal to describe typical seasonal weather.

Read the field journal

Read Keisha's journal summary. Use the table information to answer the questions.

Notes from Summit Ridge Station

Keisha kept a field journal at a mountain weather station. She recorded the afternoon temperature and whether rain or snow fell on 10 observation dates in each season. The dates were spread through each season instead of being chosen because the weather looked pleasant.

Her journal summary is below. An average afternoon temperature describes a usual afternoon in that season. A precipitation day is a day when rain or snow fell during the observation period.

Season | Observation dates | Average afternoon temperature | Precipitation days
Winter | 10 | 30°F | 7
Spring | 10 | 50°F | 6
Summer | 10 | 70°F | 2
Fall | 10 | 50°F | 5

One summer afternoon reached 82°F, and one winter afternoon reached 48°F. These single readings were part of the journal, but Keisha used all the records to describe typical seasonal weather.

1.
Why did Keisha spread her observation dates through each season?
  • A. To record the season's warmest afternoon
  • B. To find a day with pleasant weather
  • C. To get a broader picture of usual weather
  • D. To make every season have different dates
2.

What was the average afternoon temperature in winter?  °F

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