Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 138 · 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? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the drop height (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
2. 2.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) floating
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the kind of paper (c) the length of the blades
6. 6.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
7. 7.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
8. 8.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) it floats up (c) faster (d) slower
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
12. 12.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a roof edge (c) a wobbly chair (d) from your raised hand
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
18. 18.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
19. 19.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
26. 26.⚖️ 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
27. 27.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) the floor pushes it (c) a magnet holds it (d) it has no weight
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
29. 29.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a feather (c) a coin (d) a steel spoon
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the drop height (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
33. 33.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) magnetism (c) gravity (d) air pressure
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
36. 36.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
37. 37.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a glass marble (c) a feather (d) a toy parachute
40. 40.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False

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