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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. How many cans were picked up?
  2. 2. What was there most of on the field?
  3. 3. Why count each kind of litter separately?
2.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
3.Which would make less litter at lunchtime?
  • A.A lunch box you take home again
  • B.Lots of small wrappers
  • C.Paper plates left on the grass
4.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
5.Most of the litter was chip bags. Where would a new trash can help most?
  • A.On the roof
  • B.Where children eat their chips
  • C.Behind the shed
6.What could the class do with the plastic bottles they picked up?
  • A.Put them in the recycling
  • B.Bury them
  • C.Throw them back on the field
7.Why did the class wear gloves to pick up litter?
  • A.To keep warm
  • B.To make the litter heavier
  • C.To keep their hands safe and clean

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 3 cans. 2. Chip bags, with 14. 3. So the school can see which litter there is most of.
  2. 2.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  3. 3.A lunch box you take home again
  4. 4.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  5. 5.Where children eat their chips
  6. 6.Put them in the recycling
  7. 7.To keep their hands safe and clean

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