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What We Picked Up is a free printable Kindergarten science worksheet on using a litter count to choose a way to reduce litter, aligned to NGSS performance expectation K-ESS3-3. It prints 7 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.

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What We Picked Up

K-ESS3-3

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Read the record, then answer the questions.

1.Read the record, then answer the questions.

What We Picked Up

A count of the litter our class picked up from the school field in one morning. LITTER FROM THE FIELD Chip bags ....... 14 Paper ............... 11 Plastic bottles ..... 8 Cans ................ 3 We wore gloves and used a picker.

  1. 1. Why does litter on the field matter?
  2. 2. What would happen to the count if there were more trash cans?
  3. 3. How many plastic bottles were picked up?
2.Why count each kind of litter?
  • A.So we know which kind to stop first
  • B.So the litter looks tidy
  • C.Because counting is noisy
3.What is the best way to stop litter on the field?
  • A.Leave it for the wind
  • B.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  • C.Drop it near the fence
4.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Please put your trash in the trash can
  • B.Litter is fun
  • C.Drop your trash here
5.Why did the class wear gloves to pick up litter?
  • A.To make the litter heavier
  • B.To keep warm
  • C.To keep their hands safe and clean
6.Which would make less litter at lunchtime?
  • A.Paper plates left on the grass
  • B.Lots of small wrappers
  • C.A lunch box you take home again
7.How could the class find out if fewer chip bags are dropped next month?
  • A.Look at one packet
  • B.Count the litter again and compare
  • C.Guess

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

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  1. 1.1. Litter can harm the animals and plants living on the field. 2. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans. 3. 8 plastic bottles.
  2. 2.So we know which kind to stop first
  3. 3.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  4. 4.Please put your trash in the trash can
  5. 5.To keep their hands safe and clean
  6. 6.A lunch box you take home again
  7. 7.Count the litter again and compare

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to K-ESS3-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.