Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 525 · 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 strip of paper (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
2. 2.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) the wind (c) air pressure (d) gravity
3. 3.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a high window ledge (c) a roof edge (d) a wobbly chair
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a toy parachute (c) a steel spoon (d) a glass marble
6. 6.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades
7. 7.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
10. 10.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⚖️ 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
14. 14.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) floating (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
18. 18.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the drop height (b) the person dropping (c) the length of the blades (d) the paper clip
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) time to reach the floor (c) the kind of paper (d) the paper clip
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a battery cell
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
25. 25.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) a paper cutter
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a paper helicopter
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) turmeric powder (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
32. 32.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a glass marble
33. 33.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) air pushes on its blades (c) it has no weight (d) a magnet holds it
35. 35.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it magnetic (d) to make it fall slower
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
38. 38.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a fluff of cotton
40. 40.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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