Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 353 · 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 of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a battery cell
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
3. 3.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to make it magnetic (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to stop the spinning
4. 4.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) the length of the blades
5. 5.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) air resistance (c) magnetism (d) floating
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a fluff of cotton
7. 7.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
10. 10.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
14. 14.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) a sheet of glass (c) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
17. 17.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
18. 18.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
19. 19.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) the paper clip (d) the length of the blades
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a mirror
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it floats up (c) it stops in the air (d) slower
25. 25.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
28. 28.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
33. 33.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) a magnet holds it (c) the floor pushes it (d) it has no weight
35. 35.🔮 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
36. 36.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a steel spoon (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
40. 40.⚖️ 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) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor

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