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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. Why count each kind of litter separately?
  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.On the roof
  • B.Where children eat their chips
  • C.Behind the shed
3.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Drop your trash here
  • B.Please put your trash in the trash can
  • C.Litter is fun
4.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
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 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
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 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Chip bags, with 14. 2. So the school can see which litter there is most of. 3. The count would be smaller if litter went into trash cans.
  2. 2.Where children eat their chips
  3. 3.Please put your trash in the trash can
  4. 4.To keep their hands safe and clean
  5. 5.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away
  6. 6.So we know which kind to stop first
  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.