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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.A pupil says 'make a better torch'. What is missing?
  • A.The colour
  • B.The price
  • C.What better means, and for what job
2.Two people describe the problem differently. What should you do first?
  • A.Start without deciding
  • B.Build both ideas
  • C.Agree one problem to solve
3.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
4.Before designing a signal, what do you need to know?
  • A.What colour to paint it
  • B.Who will watch you
  • C.How far the message has to travel
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.The reading corner is too bright to see the screen. What is the problem?
  • A.How to block some of the light from the screen
  • B.What is on the screen
  • C.Why the sun shines
7.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
8.Why say who the problem affects?
  • A.So you know whether the solution actually helps them
  • B.So the list is longer
  • C.So it sounds important

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Answer key — What Exactly Are We Fixing?

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

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