Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 551 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
3. 3.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) safety scissors (c) yeast (d) a magnet
6. 6.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it stops in the air (d) it floats up
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
9. 9.⚖️ 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
10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⚖️ 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a glass marble
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
17. 17.⚖️ 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 paper clip (d) the person dropping
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
19. 19.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
21. 21.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
22. 22.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
24. 24.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) a sheet of glass
26. 26.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) air pushes on its blades (c) the floor pushes it (d) a magnet holds it
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a crumpled paper ball
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the drop height (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
32. 32.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a coin
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
34. 34.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
35. 35.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) turmeric powder
37. 37.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a glass marble (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
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) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True

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