Grade 3 Science: Weather and Climate Patterns

Free Grade 3 Science unit on Weather and Climate Patterns: 10 lessons in order. Includes practice questions and answer keys.

10 lessons in this unit

Learn to observe and describe weather using sky, wind, temperature and rain, and to record it daily with symbols.

Learn to measure air temperature accurately with a thermometer in the shade, read a scale and record in degrees Celsius.

Learn to measure rainfall with a rain gauge in millimetres, set up the gauge correctly and record daily and weekly totals.

Learn to find wind direction and describe wind strength using a wind vane and simple signs, and how wind is named for where it comes from.

Learn to keep a weather record using a table, combine measurements for a week and find the highest, lowest and most common values.

Learn to turn weather records into bar charts, line graphs and pictograms and read patterns from them.

Learn how seasons are patterns of weather through the year, including wet and dry seasons and four-season places, and why they happen.

Learn how weather affects farming, how farmers use weather information and traditional knowledge to plan planting, watering and harvest.

Learn about extreme weather such as heavy storms, floods, drought, heatwaves and strong winds, what causes them and why they are dangerous.

Learn how families, schools and communities prepare for extreme weather with plans, kits and drills, and plan an emergency kit.