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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 plastic bottles were picked up?
  2. 2. What was there most of on the field?
  3. 3. Why count each kind of litter separately?
2.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Please put your trash in the trash can
  • B.Litter is fun
  • C.Drop your trash here
3.Why is litter bad for the animals on the field?
  • A.They can eat it or get caught in it
  • B.It keeps them warm
  • C.It gives them food
4.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
5.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
6.Most of the litter was chip bags. Where would a new trash can help most?
  • A.Where children eat their chips
  • B.Behind the shed
  • C.On the roof
7.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

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. 8 plastic bottles. 2. Chip bags, with 14. 3. So the school can see which litter there is most of.
  2. 2.Please put your trash in the trash can
  3. 3.They can eat it or get caught in it
  4. 4.Put them in the recycling
  5. 5.So we know which kind to stop first
  6. 6.Where children eat their chips
  7. 7.It should be emptied so trash does not blow away

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