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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 was there most of on the field?
  2. 2. What should the school deal with first?
  3. 3. What would happen to the count if there were more trash cans?
2.Why is litter bad for the animals on the field?
  • A.They can eat it or get caught in it
  • B.It gives them food
  • C.It keeps them warm
3.Why count each kind of litter?
  • A.So we know which kind to stop first
  • B.Because counting is noisy
  • C.So the litter looks tidy
4.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
5.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
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.A trash can is full and overflowing. What should happen?
  • A.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  • B.Push it over
  • C.Pile more on top

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Chip bags, with 14. 2. Chip bags, because there were most of those. 3. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans.
  2. 2.They can eat it or get caught in it
  3. 3.So we know which kind to stop first
  4. 4.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  5. 5.A lunch box you take home again
  6. 6.Put them in the recycling
  7. 7.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away

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