Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 564 · 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: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) neither of them (c) the crumpled ball (d) a sheet of glass
3. 3.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure (c) gravity (d) the wind
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a magnet
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) turmeric powder (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the person dropping (b) the drop height (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
8. 8.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the paper clip
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a stone
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⚖️ 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
18. 18.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
21. 21.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
26. 26.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
27. 27.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
28. 28.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
29. 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a magnet (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
31. 31.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
33. 33.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a fluff of cotton
38. 38.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly

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