Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 702 · 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.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it magnetic (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to make it fall slower
2. 2.⚖️ 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
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
4. 4.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
6. 6.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a glass marble
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
9. 9.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) the kind of paper (d) the person dropping
10. 10.⚖️ 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
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
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) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
13. 13.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) from your raised hand (c) a high window ledge (d) a wobbly chair
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.⚖️ 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
20. 20.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
21. 21.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
23. 23.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a paper helicopter
24. 24.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.⚖️ 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
26. 26.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) a coin
28. 28.🧺 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) a battery cell
29. 29.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) the wind (c) air pressure (d) gravity
31. 31.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) a pencil (d) turmeric powder
34. 34.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
37. 37.⚖️ 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
38. 38.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a glass marble
40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) yeast (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil

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