Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 456 · 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.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it magnetic (d) to weigh down the bottom
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
3. 3.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) air pushes on its blades (c) the floor pushes it (d) it has no weight
4. 4.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
5. 5.⚖️ 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 kind of paper
6. 6.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ 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
8. 8.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
12. 12.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a stone
15. 15.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it falls upward
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
17. 17.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) dissolving (c) air resistance (d) floating
18. 18.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) slower (c) faster (d) it stops in the air
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a toy parachute (d) a glass marble
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
27. 27.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
28. 28.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a battery cell (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
32. 32.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a stone (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a fluff of cotton
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the drop height (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a toy parachute
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
38. 38.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it

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