Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 123 · 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.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a toy parachute
4. 4.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it stops in the air (c) it floats up (d) slower
5. 5.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.⚖️ 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
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
9. 9.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a roof edge (c) a wobbly chair (d) a high window ledge
10. 10.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) yeast (d) a paper clip
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the paper clip (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
21. 21.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
23. 23.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) safety scissors (c) gardening shears (d) sharp kitchen shears
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
26. 26.🔮 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
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) yeast
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the kind of paper (c) the length of the blades (d) the paper clip
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
31. 31.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
34. 34.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) the floor pushes it (c) air pushes on its blades (d) it has no weight
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a toy parachute (d) a steel spoon
36. 36.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it turns blue (c) it does not fall (d) it spins the other way
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) a feather
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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