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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 should the school deal with first?
  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.How could the class find out if fewer chip bags are dropped next month?
  • A.Guess
  • B.Look at one packet
  • C.Count the litter again and compare
3.Why count each kind of litter?
  • A.So the litter looks tidy
  • B.So we know which kind to stop first
  • C.Because counting is noisy
4.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Please put your trash in the trash can
  • B.Drop your trash here
  • C.Litter is fun
5.A trash can is full and overflowing. What should happen?
  • A.Pile more on top
  • B.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  • C.Push it over
6.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
7.What could the class do with the plastic bottles they picked up?
  • A.Bury them
  • B.Put them in the recycling
  • C.Throw them back on the field

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

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  1. 1.1. Chip bags, because there were most of those. 2. Chip bags, with 14. 3. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans.
  2. 2.Count the litter again and compare
  3. 3.So we know which kind to stop first
  4. 4.Please put your trash in the trash can
  5. 5.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  6. 6.To keep their hands safe and clean
  7. 7.Put them in the recycling

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