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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. How many plastic bottles were picked up?
  3. 3. What should the school deal with first?
2.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Litter is fun
  • B.Please put your trash in the trash can
  • C.Drop your trash here
3.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
4.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
5.Which would make less litter at lunchtime?
  • A.Lots of small wrappers
  • B.Paper plates left on the grass
  • C.A lunch box you take home again
6.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
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 23. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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