Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 502 · 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.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the paper clip (b) the drop height (c) the length of the blades (d) the kind of paper
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
5. 5.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
7. 7.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) air pushes on its blades (c) the floor pushes it (d) it has no weight
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) a paper clip
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
10. 10.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a coin
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the drop height (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
14. 14.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a toy parachute (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
19. 19.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
21. 21.⚖️ 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
22. 22.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.⚖️ 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 person dropping
25. 25.🔮 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
26. 26.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a feather (c) a glass marble (d) a steel spoon
27. 27.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) air resistance (d) magnetism
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the length of the blades (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
30. 30.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
32. 32.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it fall slower (c) to make it magnetic (d) to weigh down the bottom
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil

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