Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 750 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
3. 3.⚖️ 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
4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
6. 6.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it stops in the air (c) it floats up (d) slower
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) dissolving
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
12. 12.⚖️ 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 paper clip (d) the kind of paper
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
14. 14.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) the paper clip (c) time to reach the floor
16. 16.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) the wind
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a battery cell
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
20. 20.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a glass marble (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
22. 22.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
25. 25.⚖️ 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
26. 26.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
27. 27.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) yeast (d) a paper clip
29. 29.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
36. 36.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) a sheet of glass
37. 37.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it falls upward
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a magnet
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same

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