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Two Tries, One Problem is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 science worksheet on comparing test data from two designs, aligned to Common Core standard K-2-ETS1-3. It prints 2 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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Two Tries, One Problem

K-2-ETS1-3

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Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.Read the record, then answer the questions.

What the Bean Seeds Needed

Four pots on the class windowsill, looked at after two weeks. OUR FOUR BEAN POTS Pot 1: water and light ..... a tall green shoot Pot 2: water, no light ..... a pale thin shoot Pot 3: light, no water ..... no shoot Pot 4: no water, no light .. no shoot Same seeds, same soil, same pots.

  1. 1. What claim does this support?
  2. 2. Which pots grew nothing at all?
2.Read the record, then answer the questions.

Three Covers Over One Patch

Our test of three covers, each put over the same patch of ground for an hour. THREE COVERS, THE SAME PATCH No cover ............ 30 degrees Thin cloth .......... 25 degrees Thick card .......... 21 degrees Same patch, same hour, same sunny day.

  1. 1. What claim does this support?
  2. 2. Which cover kept the patch coolest?

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Answer key — Two Tries, One Problem

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Plants need water to grow. 2. Pot 3 and pot 4, the two pots with no water.
  2. 2.1. A cover can reduce how much sunlight warms the ground. 2. The thick card, at 21 degrees.

More practice for K-2-ETS1-3

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-2-ETS1-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.