Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 263 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) time to reach the floor (c) the paper clip (d) the drop height
2. 2.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a steel spoon
4. 4.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) a ruler (d) turmeric powder
6. 6.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
9. 9.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) a high window ledge
11. 11.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to make it fall slower (c) to make it magnetic (d) to stop the spinning
12. 12.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) a paper cutter (c) safety scissors (d) gardening shears
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a paper helicopter (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
14. 14.⚖️ 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 drop height
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) a crumpled paper ball
17. 17.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
18. 18.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
20. 20.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) air resistance (d) dissolving
21. 21.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it does not fall (c) it turns blue (d) it spins the other way
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) an open sheet of paper
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) yeast (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a coin
29. 29.⚖️ 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 paper clip
30. 30.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
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 paper clip (b) the person dropping (c) the length of the blades (d) the kind of paper
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a coin
36. 36.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) air pressure (c) gravity (d) magnetism
37. 37.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
38. 38.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⚖️ 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
40. 40.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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