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What Exactly Are We Fixing? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 science worksheet on defining a simple problem that could be solved, aligned to Common Core standard K-2-ETS1-1. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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What Exactly Are We Fixing?

K-2-ETS1-1

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1.The reading corner is too bright to see the screen. What is the problem?
  • A.What is on the screen
  • B.How to block some of the light from the screen
  • C.Why the sun shines
2.Before designing a signal, what do you need to know?
  • A.How far the message has to travel
  • B.Who will watch you
  • C.What colour to paint it
3.What information would help before you build a light blocker?
  • A.Who owns the card
  • B.Which materials let light through
  • C.How heavy card is
4.Two people describe the problem differently. What should you do first?
  • A.Agree one problem to solve
  • B.Build both ideas
  • C.Start without deciding
5.Which of these could a new object actually solve?
  • A.The moon changes shape
  • B.The classroom door bangs in the wind
  • C.It gets dark in winter
6.Your partner cannot hear you across the playground. What is the problem to solve?
  • A.Why playgrounds are big
  • B.Who is shouting loudest
  • C.How to get a message across a noisy space
7.A pupil says 'make a better torch'. What is missing?
  • A.The colour
  • B.The price
  • C.What better means, and for what job
8.Why say who the problem affects?
  • A.So the list is longer
  • B.So it sounds important
  • C.So you know whether the solution actually helps them

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Answer key — What Exactly Are We Fixing?

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.How to block some of the light from the screen
  2. 2.How far the message has to travel
  3. 3.Which materials let light through
  4. 4.Agree one problem to solve
  5. 5.The classroom door bangs in the wind
  6. 6.How to get a message across a noisy space
  7. 7.What better means, and for what job
  8. 8.So you know whether the solution actually helps them

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-2-ETS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.