Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 365 · 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 needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a pencil
2. 2.🔮 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
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) the person dropping (c) time to reach the floor
4. 4.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
6. 6.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a paper helicopter (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a glass marble
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a battery cell (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
13. 13.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
14. 14.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a mirror
16. 16.🛟 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
17. 17.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
18. 18.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
19. 19.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) magnetism
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) a paper cutter
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a crumpled paper ball
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the drop height (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
28. 28.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the kind of paper
30. 30.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
32. 32.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a stone (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
34. 34.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
35. 35.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) dissolving
36. 36.⚖️ 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
37. 37.⚖️ 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
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
40. 40.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False

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