Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 692 · 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 add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) faster
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a fluff of cotton
3. 3.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it does not fall (c) it falls upward (d) it turns blue
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) a ruler (d) a paper clip
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a balloon
9. 9.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔮 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 crumpled ball (d) the flat sheet
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
13. 13.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
14. 14.⚖️ 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) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
15. 15.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to make it fall slower (c) to stop the spinning (d) to weigh down the bottom
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a toy parachute
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades
20. 20.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
21. 21.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a high window ledge (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the drop height (b) the paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
24. 24.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
25. 25.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) a stone
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the drop height (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
32. 32.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a glass marble
34. 34.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) air resistance (c) magnetism (d) floating
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) a pencil
37. 37.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the person dropping
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
39. 39.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed

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