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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 does litter on the field matter?
  2. 2. What was there most of on the field?
  3. 3. What would happen to the count if there were more trash cans?
2.Most of the litter was chip bags. Where would a new trash can help most?
  • A.Behind the shed
  • B.Where children eat their chips
  • C.On the roof
3.Why did the class wear gloves to pick up litter?
  • A.To make the litter heavier
  • B.To keep their hands safe and clean
  • C.To keep warm
4.What is the best way to stop litter on the field?
  • A.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  • B.Leave it for the wind
  • C.Drop it near the fence
5.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
6.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
7.What could the class do with the plastic bottles they picked up?
  • A.Throw them back on the field
  • B.Put them in the recycling
  • C.Bury them

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Litter can harm the animals and plants living on the field. 2. Chip bags, with 14. 3. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans.
  2. 2.Where children eat their chips
  3. 3.To keep their hands safe and clean
  4. 4.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  5. 5.Please put your trash in the trash can
  6. 6.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  7. 7.Put them in the recycling

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