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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 would happen to the count if there were more trash cans?
  2. 2. How many plastic bottles were picked up?
  3. 3. Why count each kind of litter separately?
2.Why count each kind of litter?
  • A.Because counting is noisy
  • B.So the litter looks tidy
  • C.So we know which kind to stop first
3.How could the class find out if fewer chip bags are dropped next month?
  • A.Look at one packet
  • B.Guess
  • C.Count the litter again and compare
4.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
5.A trash can is full and overflowing. What should happen?
  • A.Pile more on top
  • B.Push it over
  • C.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
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.What is the best way to stop litter on the field?
  • A.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home
  • B.Drop it near the fence
  • C.Leave it for the wind

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans. 2. 8 plastic bottles. 3. So the school can see which litter there is most of.
  2. 2.So we know which kind to stop first
  3. 3.Count the litter again and compare
  4. 4.Put them in the recycling
  5. 5.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  6. 6.Please put your trash in the trash can
  7. 7.Put trash in a trash can, or take it home

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