Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 684 · 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) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) yeast
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
3. 3.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to make it magnetic (c) to make it fall slower (d) to stop the spinning
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a steel spoon
6. 6.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a glass marble
9. 9.⚖️ 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
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the drop height (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of paper (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
13. 13.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) air resistance (c) dissolving (d) floating
14. 14.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) magnetism
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
17. 17.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) safety scissors (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) gardening shears
18. 18.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) a high window ledge
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a toy parachute
21. 21.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) it floats up (c) faster (d) slower
22. 22.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) yeast (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
35. 35.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) the floor pushes it
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
37. 37.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) the kind of paper (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
40. 40.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it falls upward (c) it does not fall (d) it spins the other way

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