Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 228 · 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) faster (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
3. 3.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a stone (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a toy parachute
5. 5.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
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? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) yeast (d) a ruler
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) a battery cell
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
13. 13.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of paper (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
15. 15.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
18. 18.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a toy parachute
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
21. 21.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a crumpled paper ball
23. 23.🛟 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
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) a stone
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
27. 27.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) the wind
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a feather (c) a coin (d) a steel spoon
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a glass marble (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
33. 33.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
36. 36.🚁 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
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a crumpled paper ball
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
39. 39.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast

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