Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 106 · 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.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a coin
2. 2.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) turmeric powder
4. 4.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
6. 6.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
10. 10.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a steel spoon (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) yeast (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
16. 16.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a paper clip
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a coin
20. 20.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a steel spoon
21. 21.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) dissolving
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
25. 25.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) magnetism
27. 27.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a glass marble (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
31. 31.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
32. 32.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
33. 33.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
37. 37.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the paper clip (c) the length of the blades (d) the person dropping
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
40. 40.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it falls upward

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