Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 356 · 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.🔮 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
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) a paper cutter
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a battery cell
4. 4.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) a stone
7. 7.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
8. 8.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
9. 9.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
10. 10.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
12. 12.⚖️ 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
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
14. 14.🔮 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
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) a ruler
17. 17.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the paper clip (d) the drop height
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a magnet (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
20. 20.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a roof edge
21. 21.🚁 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 fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
22. 22.⚖️ 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 paper clip
23. 23.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the length of the blades (b) the person dropping (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
26. 26.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
28. 28.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a paper clip
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
31. 31.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
32. 32.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) magnetism (c) air pressure (d) the wind
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
34. 34.⚖️ 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
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a paper helicopter (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a battery cell (d) safety scissors
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a paper helicopter (d) a crumpled paper ball
38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
39. 39.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
40. 40.⚖️ 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) True (b) False

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