Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 760 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the person dropping
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
4. 4.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
5. 5.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧺 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 ruler
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a balloon
9. 9.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
10. 10.⚖️ 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
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) yeast
13. 13.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
15. 15.⚖️ 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
16. 16.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
17. 17.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
18. 18.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it magnetic (d) to make it fall slower
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
21. 21.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) gravity (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
23. 23.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.⚖️ 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
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a glass marble (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
30. 30.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
33. 33.🔮 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) the crumpled ball (d) neither of them
34. 34.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) it has no weight (c) the floor pushes it (d) a magnet holds it
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
38. 38.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
40. 40.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False

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