Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 697 · 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.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a fluff of cotton
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
4. 4.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
7. 7.🧺 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) turmeric powder
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a toy parachute
10. 10.⚖️ 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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a steel spoon
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the person dropping (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
15. 15.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) a paper cutter (c) safety scissors (d) gardening shears
16. 16.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
17. 17.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
21. 21.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
23. 23.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) it has no weight (c) air pushes on its blades (d) the floor pushes it
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
25. 25.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) yeast
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.🚁 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
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) a steel spoon
34. 34.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a roof edge
35. 35.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) the crumpled ball (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
37. 37.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the drop height (c) the kind of paper (d) the length of the blades
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the drop height (b) time to reach the floor (c) the paper clip (d) the length of the blades
40. 40.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same

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