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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.Your partner cannot hear you across the playground. What is the problem to solve?
  • A.Why playgrounds are big
  • B.How to get a message across a noisy space
  • C.Who is shouting loudest
2.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
3.The reading corner is too bright to see the screen. What is the problem?
  • A.Why the sun shines
  • B.What is on the screen
  • C.How to block some of the light from the screen
4.A pupil says 'make a better torch'. What is missing?
  • A.The colour
  • B.What better means, and for what job
  • C.The price
5.What information would help before you build a light blocker?
  • A.How heavy card is
  • B.Which materials let light through
  • C.Who owns the card
6.Two people describe the problem differently. What should you do first?
  • A.Build both ideas
  • B.Start without deciding
  • C.Agree one problem to solve
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.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

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Answer key — What Exactly Are We Fixing?

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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