Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 752 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a paper helicopter
3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a coin
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a ruler (d) a mirror
6. 6.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it turns blue (c) it does not fall (d) it spins the other way
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
9. 9.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) magnetism (c) the wind (d) gravity
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
11. 11.🔮 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
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a mirror
13. 13.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a roof edge (c) a wobbly chair (d) from your raised hand
14. 14.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) gardening shears (d) a paper cutter
15. 15.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) turmeric powder (d) a paper clip
17. 17.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
19. 19.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a glass marble (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
20. 20.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
21. 21.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades
22. 22.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
24. 24.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a ruler (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
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 magnet (d) a ruler
29. 29.⚖️ 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
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a balloon (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
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.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a paper helicopter (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a fluff of cotton
35. 35.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a balloon
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a coin (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a fluff of cotton
38. 38.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) floating
39. 39.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather

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