Where It Gives Way is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 science worksheet on fair tests with variables controlled to find failure points, 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.

Where It Gives Way

3-5-ETS1-3

NameDate

Circle the best answer.

1.You strengthen the corner and it fails somewhere else. What does that mean?

A.Nothing was learned
B.The failure point moved, so the first fix worked
C.The design got worse

2.You test two shelters in the wind. What must be identical?

A.The colours
B.The names of the builders
C.The wind speed, the exposure and how you judge failure

3.What should be recorded besides the result?

A.What was held the same, so somebody else can judge the test
B.Who was fastest
C.The weather outside

4.A test shows no failure at all. What should you do?

A.Increase the load until it does, to find the limit
B.Stop testing
C.Declare it perfect

5.A shelter collapses at the same corner every time. What is that?

A.Bad luck
B.A failure point, and the thing to redesign
C.A reason to stop testing

6.You change the material and the joints at the same time. What is the problem?

A.You cannot tell which change caused the difference
B.Nothing, it improved
C.Two changes are always better

7.Why add load in equal steps rather than all at once?

A.It looks tidier
B.So you can tell at what load it failed
C.It is quicker

8.Why repeat a test three times?

A.To use more materials
B.To fill the lesson
C.One result might be a bad build rather than a bad design

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Answer key — Where It Gives Way

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

1.The failure point moved, so the first fix worked
2.The wind speed, the exposure and how you judge failure
3.What was held the same, so somebody else can judge the test
4.Increase the load until it does, to find the limit
5.A failure point, and the thing to redesign
6.You cannot tell which change caused the difference
7.So you can tell at what load it failed
8.One result might be a bad build rather than a bad design

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