Weather Log

Start with something students can look at or think about: a photo, a short video, a jar on the windowsill, or a question like "what do you already know about weather graphing?" Then let them work through it independently after a quick group example, checking in with a partner if they get stuck, keeping a word bank or anchor chart in view so the vocabulary stays available. When you review, ask students how they knew, and let them point to the part of the diagram or reading that told them. These weather graphing worksheets work well as a lead in before an investigation, as a way to capture what students noticed afterward, or as review before an assessment.

These weather graphing worksheets for 2nd grade give students a clear, visual way to work through one of the big ideas in weather and climate. Students label diagrams, sort and classify examples, read short explanations, and answer questions that ask them to say why, not just what. Each page keeps the science vocabulary front and center so students leave with the words they need to talk about weather graphing accurately. Working through weather graphing on paper gives 2nd grade students something concrete to hold onto before, during, or after the hands on part of a lesson.

Yes, both. We made it for 2nd Grade weather and climate, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with weather graphing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Weather graphing worksheets teach second graders to record daily weather observations and display their data in graph form. Students tally how many sunny, cloudy, rainy, or windy days occurred over a month, read their completed graphs, and draw conclusions about weather patterns. The activity reinforces both earth science and Grade 2 data analysis math standards.

Weather graphing is typically introduced in Grade 2 as a culminating or ongoing activity within the weather and climate unit. Most teachers run a weather journal or class graph over a full month so students have enough data to see meaningful patterns, making it one of the longest-running classroom science activities of the year.

Keep a simple weather journal for two weeks, recording the weather each morning before school. At the end of the two weeks, use the worksheet to create a bar graph of your data and identify which type of weather was most common. Connecting the graph to a real-world question, 'Were there more sunny or cloudy days this month?', makes data analysis feel purposeful.

6 printable worksheets, all free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 2nd Grade students, roughly ages 7-8. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Each one shows the NGSS code it covers on its own page, so you can check the alignment yourself rather than taking our word for it.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 2nd Grade classroom, a literacy centre, or a tutoring session.