Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 230 · 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) it floats up (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) a pencil (d) a ruler
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
6. 6.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
7. 7.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it magnetic (c) to make it fall slower (d) to weigh down the bottom
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a balloon (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
9. 9.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.⚖️ 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
13. 13.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
14. 14.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a ruler
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
21. 21.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
27. 27.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
31. 31.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
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 person dropping (b) the length of the blades (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
35. 35.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
36. 36.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a mirror
40. 40.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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