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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 cans were picked up?
  2. 2. What would happen to the count if there were more trash cans?
  3. 3. What was there most of on the field?
2.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
3.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
4.A trash can is full and overflowing. What should happen?
  • A.Push it over
  • B.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  • C.Pile more on top
5.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
6.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
7.How could the class find out if fewer chip bags are dropped next month?
  • A.Count the litter again and compare
  • B.Guess
  • C.Look at one packet

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 3 cans. 2. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans. 3. Chip bags, with 14.
  2. 2.Put them in the recycling
  3. 3.A lunch box you take home again
  4. 4.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  5. 5.They can eat it or get caught in it
  6. 6.Please put your trash in the trash can
  7. 7.Count the litter again and compare

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