Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 665 · 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.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it turns blue (c) it spins the other way (d) it does not fall
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a mirror
4. 4.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
6. 6.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) an open sheet of paper
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
9. 9.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
10. 10.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
12. 12.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a pencil (c) yeast (d) a balloon
14. 14.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) turmeric powder
19. 19.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) it has no weight (c) the floor pushes it (d) air pushes on its blades
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a paper helicopter (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a crumpled paper ball
23. 23.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a toy parachute
26. 26.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔮 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
29. 29.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the drop height (b) the length of the blades (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a high window ledge (c) from your raised hand (d) a wobbly chair
34. 34.⚖️ 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
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
37. 37.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⚖️ 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 person dropping
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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a ruler

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