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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. Why does litter on the field matter?
  2. 2. Why count each kind of litter separately?
  3. 3. What should the school deal with first?
2.Why count each kind of litter?
  • A.So the litter looks tidy
  • B.Because counting is noisy
  • 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.Count the litter again and compare
  • C.Guess
4.Why is litter bad for the animals on the field?
  • A.It keeps them warm
  • B.They can eat it or get caught in it
  • C.It gives them food
5.Which would make less litter at lunchtime?
  • A.A lunch box you take home again
  • B.Lots of small wrappers
  • C.Paper plates left on the grass
6.Most of the litter was chip bags. Where would a new trash can help most?
  • A.Behind the shed
  • B.Where children eat their chips
  • C.On the roof
7.The class makes a poster about litter. What should it say?
  • A.Litter is fun
  • B.Drop your trash here
  • C.Please put your trash in the trash can

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Answer key — What We Picked Up

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Litter can harm the animals and plants living on the field. 2. So the school can see which litter there is most of. 3. Chip bags, because there were most of those.
  2. 2.So we know which kind to stop first
  3. 3.Count the litter again and compare
  4. 4.They can eat it or get caught in it
  5. 5.A lunch box you take home again
  6. 6.Where children eat their chips
  7. 7.Please put your trash in the trash can

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