Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 672 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a magnet
2. 2.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
5. 5.🔮 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) the flat sheet (d) a sheet of glass
6. 6.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a roof edge (c) a high window ledge (d) from your raised hand
7. 7.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a balloon
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) turmeric powder (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
14. 14.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
15. 15.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a steel spoon (c) a toy parachute (d) a feather
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
18. 18.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) floating (c) air resistance (d) dissolving
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) a mirror (d) yeast
25. 25.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
28. 28.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the paper clip (b) the kind of paper (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
33. 33.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
35. 35.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
37. 37.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) gardening shears (d) a paper cutter
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a pencil (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
39. 39.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height (d) the person dropping

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