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Keeping the Test Fair is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 science worksheet on planning fair tests with variables controlled, aligned to Common Core standard 3-5-ETS1-3. 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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Keeping the Test Fair

3-5-ETS1-3

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Circle the best answer.

1.Your model bridge fails at the same joint every time. What does that tell you?
  • A.That joint is the failure point to improve
  • B.Bridges cannot be improved
  • C.The whole design is fine
2.In a slope test, what is the variable you change?
  • A.The angle of the slope
  • B.The amount of water
  • C.The cover on the slope
3.Why record what you controlled as well as what you changed?
  • A.It is not necessary
  • B.So somebody else can judge whether the test was fair
  • C.To fill the page
4.What is a failure point?
  • A.A test that was not done
  • B.A design nobody liked
  • C.The part that gives way first under test
5.You test two windbreaks. What must be the same for both?
  • A.The colour of each
  • B.The wind, the place and how you measure the damage
  • C.Nothing at all
6.You change two things and the result improves. What is the problem?
  • A.You cannot tell which change helped
  • B.Nothing, it improved
  • C.Two changes are always better
7.Why run each test more than once?
  • A.To make the sheet longer
  • B.One result might be unusual
  • C.To use more time
8.A pupil tests one design outdoors and one indoors. What is wrong?
  • A.Indoors is always better
  • B.Nothing, both were tested
  • C.The conditions differ, so the results cannot be compared

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Answer key — Keeping the Test Fair

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.That joint is the failure point to improve
  2. 2.The cover on the slope
  3. 3.So somebody else can judge whether the test was fair
  4. 4.The part that gives way first under test
  5. 5.The wind, the place and how you measure the damage
  6. 6.You cannot tell which change helped
  7. 7.One result might be unusual
  8. 8.The conditions differ, so the results cannot be compared

More practice for 3-5-ETS1-3

Run fair tests, controlling the variables, to find what to improve.

Teaching this next? Keeping the Test Fair is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-5-ETS1-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.