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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 count each kind of litter separately?
  2. 2. Why does litter on the field matter?
  3. 3. What would happen to the count if there were more trash cans?
2.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Drop your trash here
  • B.Please put your trash in the trash can
  • C.Litter is fun
3.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
4.What could the class do with the plastic bottles they picked up?
  • A.Put them in the recycling
  • B.Throw them back on the field
  • C.Bury them
5.Why is litter bad for the animals on the field?
  • A.It gives them food
  • B.It keeps them warm
  • C.They can eat it or get caught in it
6.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
7.Why did the class wear gloves to pick up litter?
  • A.To keep warm
  • B.To keep their hands safe and clean
  • C.To make the litter heavier

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

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  1. 1.1. So the school can see which litter there is most of. 2. Litter can harm the animals and plants living on the field. 3. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans.
  2. 2.Please put your trash in the trash can
  3. 3.Count the litter again and compare
  4. 4.Put them in the recycling
  5. 5.They can eat it or get caught in it
  6. 6.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  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.