Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 625 · 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 mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a mirror
4. 4.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a roof edge
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a steel spoon (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
7. 7.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) gravity
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a battery cell (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a feather (c) a coin (d) a stone
10. 10.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
12. 12.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
13. 13.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
16. 16.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) air resistance (d) dissolving
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it spins the other way (c) it does not fall (d) it falls upward
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
19. 19.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
21. 21.⚖️ 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) the drop height (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
23. 23.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
24. 24.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⚖️ 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
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the paper clip (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) a fluff of cotton
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
29. 29.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
34. 34.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) safety scissors
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly

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