Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 458 · 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 does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) the floor pushes it (c) a magnet holds it (d) it has no weight
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) safety scissors (d) a battery cell
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the drop height (b) the length of the blades (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
4. 4.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) a feather
6. 6.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) a glass marble
8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the length of the blades (b) the drop height (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a ruler (c) a magnet (d) yeast
10. 10.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a high window ledge (c) a wobbly chair (d) a roof edge
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
12. 12.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
14. 14.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a steel spoon (d) a fluff of cotton
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a paper helicopter
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
20. 20.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
21. 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a mirror
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) a pencil (d) a ruler
24. 24.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) floating
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) yeast (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
27. 27.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
28. 28.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a stone (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
29. 29.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) it stops in the air (c) slower (d) faster
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) gravity (c) the wind (d) magnetism
33. 33.⚖️ 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
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
35. 35.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a fluff of cotton
37. 37.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
38. 38.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades
39. 39.⚖️ 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
40. 40.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False

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