Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 293 · 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.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a toy parachute (d) a steel spoon
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
5. 5.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
6. 6.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a steel spoon (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a toy parachute
8. 8.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) floating
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
13. 13.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
16. 16.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it stops in the air (c) faster (d) it floats up
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) a glass marble
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
20. 20.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
25. 25.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the length of the blades (d) the person dropping
26. 26.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
27. 27.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) air pushes on its blades (c) a magnet holds it (d) the floor pushes it
31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
32. 32.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
36. 36.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a toy parachute (d) an open sheet of paper
38. 38.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a roof edge (d) a wobbly chair
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly

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