Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 582 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a pencil (d) yeast
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
6. 6.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a battery cell (d) a strip of paper
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
14. 14.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it fall slower (d) to stop the spinning
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a glass marble (c) a coin (d) a fluff of cotton
17. 17.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) magnetism
18. 18.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
21. 21.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
22. 22.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
23. 23.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
27. 27.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) neither of them (c) the flat sheet (d) the crumpled ball
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) floating (d) magnetism
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
40. 40.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a glass marble

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