Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 494 · 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.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a wobbly chair (c) a high window ledge (d) a roof edge
2. 2.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) air pushes on its blades
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
4. 4.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) faster
5. 5.🔮 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
6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
9. 9.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) air resistance (c) magnetism (d) floating
10. 10.🧺 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
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a glass marble (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
13. 13.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) gardening shears
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a steel spoon
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the paper clip (c) the kind of paper (d) the drop height
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) yeast (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
19. 19.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
20. 20.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the kind of paper (d) the person dropping
22. 22.🔮 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
23. 23.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
26. 26.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) turmeric powder
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
34. 34.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
37. 37.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a fluff of cotton
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper

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