Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 354 · 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.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a toy parachute
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a paper clip
5. 5.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
8. 8.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) safety scissors (d) sharp kitchen shears
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
14. 14.🔮 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a glass marble (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
16. 16.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a paper helicopter (c) a toy parachute (d) an open sheet of paper
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a high window ledge
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
24. 24.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a battery cell
26. 26.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) neither of them (c) the crumpled ball (d) the flat sheet
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
28. 28.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
30. 30.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
31. 31.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a glass marble
35. 35.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
36. 36.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) air pushes on its blades (c) the floor pushes it (d) a magnet holds it
38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
39. 39.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) floating
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly

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