Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 468 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) a mirror
2. 2.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) it has no weight (c) the floor pushes it (d) air pushes on its blades
3. 3.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a stone
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a glass marble
6. 6.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a crumpled paper ball
10. 10.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
12. 12.⚖️ 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
13. 13.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
15. 15.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
17. 17.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) an open sheet of paper
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a pencil
20. 20.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
26. 26.🧺 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) a battery cell
27. 27.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a feather (d) a fluff of cotton
28. 28.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (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 the one thing we change. (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 what we measure. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
33. 33.⚖️ 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a fluff of cotton
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a steel spoon
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
38. 38.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
40. 40.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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