Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 400 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) a toy parachute
3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
4. 4.🔮 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
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a crumpled paper ball
6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
8. 8.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) from your raised hand (c) a high window ledge (d) a roof edge
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the drop height
10. 10.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
11. 11.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) time to reach the floor
13. 13.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
15. 15.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it fall slower (d) to stop the spinning
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a coin
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
23. 23.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a toy parachute
25. 25.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it falls upward (c) it spins the other way (d) it does not fall
26. 26.🔮 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
27. 27.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
29. 29.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
33. 33.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) floating
34. 34.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
40. 40.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it

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