What Is a Science Question?

What Is a Science Question? Worksheet (Grade 3 Science, TEKS 3.1A)

Some wonders we can find out and some we cannot. This sheet gives third graders one simple rule: if we can look, measure, or read to find the answer, it is a science question. Simple black-and-white doodles and big, easy-to-read text keep the focus on the thinking, not the reading.

What's Inside

• A YES and NO example: "How tall is the flower?" vs "Which flower is prettiest?"
• Part A: check YES or NO, can we find out the answer?
• Part B: circle how we can find out: look, measure, or read
• Opinion questions as the clear NO examples
• A visual answer key with answers marked in red, plus a short teacher note

How Teachers Use It

Use it as a mini-lesson follow-up, a quick check, or a center. It takes 5 to 8 minutes, needs no prior knowledge, and prints clearly in black and white. The focus skill is telling testable questions from opinion questions and choosing a way to find out.

This worksheet is part of a grade 3 science series for TEKS 3.1A: ask questions and define problems based on observations or information from text, phenomena, models, or investigations. The series moves step by step from noticing with the senses to wondering, asking science questions, asking questions from text, and planning an investigation, with a vocabulary review at the end.

Why It Works

Each sheet teaches the idea first with a worked example, then asks students to use only what the page taught. Every activity has a done-for-you example, and students only circle, check, match, or number, so they can finish on their own. Wrong choices are believable, not silly, so students have to think.