Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 661 · 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.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a high window ledge
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
5. 5.⚖️ 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
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a coin (d) a glass marble
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a balloon (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
10. 10.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it floats up (c) slower (d) it stops in the air
11. 11.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a coin
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
16. 16.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) a magnet holds it (c) it has no weight (d) the floor pushes it
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it falls upward (c) it turns blue (d) it does not fall
18. 18.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
20. 20.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
21. 21.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to stop the spinning (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to make it magnetic
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) a magnet
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
25. 25.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
29. 29.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
31. 31.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
32. 32.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) a pencil (d) a battery cell
38. 38.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
40. 40.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height

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