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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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Keeping the Test Fair

3-5-ETS1-3

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

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Answer key — Keeping the Test Fair

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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