Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 421 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
2. 2.⚖️ 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
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
5. 5.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a roof edge (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a ruler (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
10. 10.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
11. 11.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a coin (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
15. 15.⚖️ 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
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a balloon
17. 17.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a strip of paper (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a toy parachute
22. 22.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) a sheet of glass (c) neither of them (d) the flat sheet
23. 23.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) faster (d) it floats up
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the length of the blades (c) the drop height (d) the kind of paper
27. 27.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
31. 31.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) a magnet holds it (c) it has no weight (d) air pushes on its blades
32. 32.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a battery cell (d) a strip of paper
37. 37.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a glass marble (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a steel spoon

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