Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 770 · 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.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a feather
2. 2.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
6. 6.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a battery cell
8. 8.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
10. 10.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it spins the other way (c) it does not fall (d) it turns blue
11. 11.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) time to reach the floor (d) the paper clip
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a paper helicopter
14. 14.⚖️ 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
15. 15.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
17. 17.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) air pressure (c) gravity (d) magnetism
18. 18.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it stops in the air (c) it floats up (d) faster
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
22. 22.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) the floor pushes it (c) it has no weight (d) air pushes on its blades
23. 23.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a ruler
26. 26.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) gardening shears (d) a paper cutter
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a magnet
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
31. 31.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) a pencil
33. 33.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the kind of paper (d) the person dropping
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
38. 38.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) False (b) True

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