Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 355 · 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.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it magnetic (d) to make it fall slower
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a battery cell (d) a strip of paper
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) a feather
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
6. 6.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) turmeric powder (c) a ruler (d) a paper clip
9. 9.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a steel spoon
11. 11.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a roof edge (c) a wobbly chair (d) from your raised hand
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a paper helicopter (c) a feather (d) a stone
14. 14.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
16. 16.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
21. 21.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) safety scissors
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
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.⚖️ 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
27. 27.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
28. 28.🔮 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
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a coin
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a paper clip (d) a battery cell
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) safety scissors
34. 34.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a stone
38. 38.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) a sheet of glass (c) the flat sheet (d) the crumpled ball
39. 39.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) floating (c) dissolving (d) magnetism
40. 40.⚖️ 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

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