Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 394 · 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 falls fast through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a toy parachute
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a paper clip
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a stone (d) a coin
4. 4.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) sharp kitchen shears
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) yeast
6. 6.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
9. 9.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
10. 10.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔮 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
12. 12.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
16. 16.⚖️ 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 person dropping
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
19. 19.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of paper (b) the person dropping (c) the length of the blades (d) the paper clip
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a glass marble
24. 24.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) air pushes on its blades (c) it has no weight (d) a magnet holds it
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a steel spoon (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a toy parachute
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) air resistance (d) dissolving
31. 31.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
33. 33.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
34. 34.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
37. 37.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) gravity
38. 38.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a paper helicopter
40. 40.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False

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