Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 134 · 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.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) faster (d) it stops in the air
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a pencil (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
4. 4.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
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? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of paper (b) the paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
7. 7.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
8. 8.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
10. 10.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) yeast (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
14. 14.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) the floor pushes it (c) a magnet holds it (d) air pushes on its blades
16. 16.⚖️ 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
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a feather
19. 19.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) safety scissors
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
22. 22.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
26. 26.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) yeast
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
29. 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) a sheet of glass (c) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
34. 34.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
35. 35.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
36. 36.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a strip of paper (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder

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