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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 plastic bottles were picked up?
  2. 2. Why does litter on the field matter?
  3. 3. What was there most of on the field?
2.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
3.How could the class find out if fewer chip bags are dropped next month?
  • A.Count the litter again and compare
  • B.Look at one packet
  • C.Guess
4.Why is litter bad for the animals on the field?
  • A.It gives them food
  • B.They can eat it or get caught in it
  • C.It keeps them warm
5.A trash can is full and overflowing. What should happen?
  • A.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  • B.Pile more on top
  • C.Push it over
6.Why count each kind of litter?
  • A.So the litter looks tidy
  • B.Because counting is noisy
  • C.So we know which kind to stop first
7.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Drop your trash here
  • B.Litter is fun
  • C.Please put your trash in the trash can

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 8 plastic bottles. 2. Litter can harm the animals and plants living on the field. 3. Chip bags, with 14.
  2. 2.A lunch box you take home again
  3. 3.Count the litter again and compare
  4. 4.They can eat it or get caught in it
  5. 5.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  6. 6.So we know which kind to stop first
  7. 7.Please put your trash in the trash can

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