Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 499 · 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.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔮 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
4. 4.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a paper helicopter (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
7. 7.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a roof edge
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
10. 10.🧺 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 ruler (d) a pencil
11. 11.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) safety scissors (c) gardening shears (d) sharp kitchen shears
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
13. 13.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧺 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
15. 15.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) air resistance (c) floating (d) magnetism
16. 16.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🚁 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 magnetic (d) to make it fall slower
20. 20.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the kind of paper (d) the drop height
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
24. 24.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) faster (c) it floats up (d) slower
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a coin
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a mirror
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a glass marble (d) a toy parachute
35. 35.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) a pencil
37. 37.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.⚖️ 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
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly

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