Skip to content
LessonPrint

Two Tries, One Problem is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 science worksheet on comparing test data from two designs, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 16 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next setLesson plan

One paper per student

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Two Tries, One Problem

K-2-ETS1-3

NameDate

Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.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 cardboard .......... 21 degrees Same patch, same hour, same sunny day.

  1. 1. What was kept the same in this test?
  2. 2. Which cover kept the patch coolest?
  3. 3. What claim does this support?
2.Read the record, then answer the questions.

Two Ramps

Results from testing two ramps our class built to send a car further. TWO RAMPS, THE SAME CAR Ramp A, the low one .... the car went 4 steps Ramp B, the high one ... the car went 9 steps Ramp A was easy to build. Ramp B fell over twice.

  1. 1. What was kept the same in this test?
  2. 2. What does this record not tell you?
  3. 3. Which ramp worked better for sending the car far?

LessonPrint · K-2-ETS1-3 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Two Tries, One Problem

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The same patch, the same hour and the same sunny day. 2. The thick cardboard, at 21 degrees. 3. A cover can reduce how much sunlight warms the ground.
  2. 2.1. The same car was used on both ramps. 2. It does not tell you how long each ramp took to build. 3. Ramp B, because the car went 9 steps.

More practice for K-2-ETS1-3

Test two designs for the same problem and compare how each performs.

Teaching this next? Two Tries, One Problem is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

All Kindergarten to Grade 2 worksheets

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