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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.Two people describe the problem differently. What should you do first?
  • A.Agree one problem to solve
  • B.Start without deciding
  • C.Build both ideas
2.A pupil says 'make a better torch'. What is missing?
  • A.What better means, and for what job
  • B.The colour
  • C.The price
3.Which of these could a new object actually solve?
  • A.It gets dark in winter
  • B.The classroom door bangs in the wind
  • C.The moon changes shape
4.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
5.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
6.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
7.Why say who the problem affects?
  • A.So the list is longer
  • B.So you know whether the solution actually helps them
  • C.So it sounds important
8.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

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Answer key — What Exactly Are We Fixing?

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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