Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 216 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) sharp kitchen shears
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a glass marble (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a strip of paper
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) a fluff of cotton
14. 14.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a feather
16. 16.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) air resistance (c) floating (d) dissolving
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) turmeric powder
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a ruler
22. 22.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) the floor pushes it (c) it has no weight (d) a magnet holds it
23. 23.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
28. 28.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) yeast (c) a pencil (d) a ruler
32. 32.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
34. 34.⚖️ 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
35. 35.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
37. 37.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it fall slower (d) to stop the spinning
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a steel spoon (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
39. 39.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) the wind
40. 40.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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