Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 483 · 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.🔮 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
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.⚖️ 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
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
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? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
8. 8.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) it has no weight (c) the floor pushes it (d) a magnet holds it
9. 9.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
10. 10.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) air pressure (d) magnetism
11. 11.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) turmeric powder (d) a paper clip
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a glass marble (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a steel spoon
16. 16.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a feather (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
18. 18.🧺 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) safety scissors
19. 19.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
22. 22.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
24. 24.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
25. 25.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a ruler (d) yeast
27. 27.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to make it magnetic (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to stop the spinning
29. 29.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
30. 30.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the paper clip (d) the length of the blades
31. 31.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the paper clip
32. 32.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
34. 34.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a stone
37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
38. 38.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) turmeric powder

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