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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. What should the school deal with first?
  2. 2. Why does litter on the field matter?
  3. 3. Why count each kind of litter separately?
2.What is the best way to stop litter on the field?
  • A.Leave it for the wind
  • B.Drop it near the fence
  • C.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
3.A trash can is full and overflowing. What should happen?
  • A.Push it over
  • B.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  • C.Pile more on top
4.Which would make less litter at lunchtime?
  • A.A lunch box you take home again
  • B.Paper plates left on the grass
  • C.Lots of small wrappers
5.How could the class find out if fewer chip bags are dropped next month?
  • A.Look at one packet
  • B.Guess
  • C.Count the litter again and compare
6.Why did the class wear gloves to pick up litter?
  • A.To keep their hands safe and clean
  • B.To make the litter heavier
  • C.To keep warm
7.Most of the litter was chip bags. Where would a new trash can help most?
  • A.On the roof
  • B.Behind the shed
  • C.Where children eat their chips

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

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  1. 1.1. Chip bags, because there were most of those. 2. Litter can harm the animals and plants living on the field. 3. So the school can see which litter there is most of.
  2. 2.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  3. 3.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  4. 4.A lunch box you take home again
  5. 5.Count the litter again and compare
  6. 6.To keep their hands safe and clean
  7. 7.Where children eat their chips

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