Printable Fair Test Worksheets for Upper Primary Students

These printable fair test worksheets will help your students develop strong scientific thinking skills. This resource, intended for upper elementary students, provides learners with useful practise in recognising variables, identifying errors in experiments, and understanding the components of a fair scientific test.

Essential science inquiry concepts, such as controlled variables, test design, and experimental reliability, can be explained or solidified with the aid of these printable worksheets.

Read, Analyse, and Correct the Science Experiment

Each worksheet presents a brief scientific scenario for students to read and analyse carefully. Students will:

• Read and analyse an example of an unfair scientific test
• Underline the specific element that makes the test unfair.
  Write an explanation describing how the experiment could be corrected to make it a fair test.

This set of Correct the Science Experiment Worksheets encourages critical thinking, close reading, and written justification, skills students need as they move toward more complex scientific investigations.

Download Your Scientific Error Analysis Worksheets

This pack includes four printable Scientific Error Analysis worksheets, making it easy to use across multiple lessons or as a specific skill-building activity. The worksheets are low-prep and classroom-ready.

This resource is available in both PDF and editable Google Slides format.  To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Brittany Kellogg, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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