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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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Circle the best answer.

1.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
2.Which of these could a new object actually solve?
  • A.The moon changes shape
  • B.It gets dark in winter
  • C.The classroom door bangs in the wind
3.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
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.A pupil says 'make a better torch'. What is missing?
  • A.What better means, and for what job
  • B.The price
  • C.The colour
6.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
7.Before designing a signal, what do you need to know?
  • A.Who will watch you
  • B.How far the message has to travel
  • C.What colour to paint it
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.Who is shouting loudest
  • C.Why playgrounds are big

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Answer key — What Exactly Are We Fixing?

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

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