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

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Answer key — What Exactly Are We Fixing?

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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