Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 175 · 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.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
4. 4.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⚖️ 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
6. 6.⚖️ 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
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
8. 8.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) gravity
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a mirror
10. 10.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor (d) the drop height
11. 11.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
13. 13.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
14. 14.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) a sheet of glass (c) the flat sheet (d) the crumpled ball
15. 15.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
16. 16.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⚖️ 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
18. 18.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
20. 20.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
24. 24.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) air resistance (c) floating (d) magnetism
25. 25.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
31. 31.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to make it fall slower (c) to stop the spinning (d) to weigh down the bottom
32. 32.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a feather
34. 34.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔮 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
36. 36.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the kind of paper
37. 37.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a fluff of cotton
39. 39.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder

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