Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 705 · 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 paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) gardening shears
3. 3.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
4. 4.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (d) the kind of paper
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
7. 7.⚖️ 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
8. 8.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it spins the other way (c) it turns blue (d) it does not fall
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a paper clip (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a feather
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) turmeric powder (d) a paper clip
15. 15.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
18. 18.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
21. 21.⚖️ 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
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) it has no weight (c) air pushes on its blades (d) a magnet holds it
25. 25.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) faster (c) it floats up (d) slower
26. 26.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a glass marble (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a steel spoon
31. 31.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
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 keep it the same (c) we change it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a paper clip (d) turmeric powder
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast

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