Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on reusing and recycling to reduce what people throw away, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-ESS3-3. It prints 3 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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: Use it again or Recycle it or Put it in the trash can?
Sort: An empty drinks can, A used plaster, A shoebox kept for storing toys
Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can
2.Sort each one: Use it again or Recycle it or Put it in the trash can?
Sort: A chip bag, A jam jar washed out to hold pencils, A rinsed plastic milk bottle
Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can
3.Sort each one: Use it again or Recycle it or Put it in the trash can?
Sort: An empty glass bottle, Chewed chewing gum, A yoghurt pot used to sow a seed
Use it againRecycle itPut it in the trash can
LessonPrint · K-ESS3-3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A shoebox kept for storing toys — Use it again 2. A used plaster — Put it in the trash can 3. An empty drinks can — Recycle it
2.1. A chip bag — Put it in the trash can 2. A jam jar washed out to hold pencils — Use it again 3. A rinsed plastic milk bottle — Recycle it
3.1. A yoghurt pot used to sow a seed — Use it again 2. An empty glass bottle — Recycle it 3. Chewed chewing gum — Put it in the trash can
Questions about Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?
What does the Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? worksheet cover?
It practices reusing and recycling to reduce what people throw away — 3 questions for Kindergarten, all on NGSS K-ESS3-3: Share ways people can do less harm to the land, water, air and living things nearby. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into the right group”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? practice?
K-ESS3-3, under Earth and Space Science for Kindergarten. The published performance expectation reads: “Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? is written for Kindergarten, typically ages 5-6. It is one of the sheets on K-ESS3-3, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Reuse, Recycle or Throw Away?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for K-ESS3-3
Share ways people can do less harm to the land, water, air and living things nearby.