Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 182 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
2. 2.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the person dropping (d) the kind of paper
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
7. 7.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
8. 8.⚖️ 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 person dropping
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
10. 10.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
11. 11.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) magnetism (c) floating (d) air resistance
12. 12.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) faster (c) slower (d) it stops in the air
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
15. 15.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
17. 17.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) gardening shears
18. 18.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⚖️ 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 kind of paper
21. 21.🔮 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
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) yeast
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a battery cell
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a glass marble
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
27. 27.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) a coin
28. 28.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
29. 29.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to stop the spinning (d) to make it magnetic
34. 34.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
36. 36.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
37. 37.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a coin
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
40. 40.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False

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