Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 330 · 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.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
3. 3.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) it floats up
4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the length of the blades (b) the drop height (c) the paper clip (d) the person dropping
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
6. 6.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the crumpled ball (c) the flat sheet (d) neither of them
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a battery cell
8. 8.⚖️ 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 kind of paper
9. 9.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
12. 12.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
15. 15.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a paper helicopter
20. 20.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a steel spoon (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
26. 26.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a steel spoon (d) a glass marble
29. 29.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a glass marble (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
32. 32.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
34. 34.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) a magnet holds it (c) the floor pushes it (d) air pushes on its blades
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a paper helicopter (d) a steel spoon
38. 38.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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