Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 101 · 40 questions

What you do (Air pushes back): 1. Draw a T shape on a paper strip and cut it out with safety scissors (an adult helps). 2. Cut the top down the middle and fold the two blades opposite ways. 3. Fold up the bottom and clip a paper clip on it. 4. Drop it from your raised hand and time how long it takes to land.

1. 1.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
4. 4.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
6. 6.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a ruler
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the length of the blades (b) the person dropping (c) the drop height (d) the kind of paper
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a magnet
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a battery cell (d) a paper clip
14. 14.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it does not fall (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) a feather
17. 17.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) turmeric powder (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
22. 22.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
23. 23.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) faster
24. 24.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
28. 28.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the flat sheet (c) the crumpled ball (d) a sheet of glass
29. 29.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) turmeric powder
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a fluff of cotton
34. 34.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) safety scissors
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) safety scissors
37. 37.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast

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