Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 775 · 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 is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a battery cell (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
3. 3.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
4. 4.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) from your raised hand (c) a roof edge (d) a high window ledge
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
10. 10.🧺 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) turmeric powder
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a fluff of cotton
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
13. 13.🔮 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
14. 14.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it falls upward (c) it turns blue (d) it does not fall
15. 15.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
16. 16.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it magnetic (c) to make it fall slower (d) to weigh down the bottom
17. 17.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
18. 18.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
21. 21.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
22. 22.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
23. 23.🔮 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) the crumpled ball (d) a sheet of glass
24. 24.⚖️ 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
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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
26. 26.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
28. 28.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) yeast (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a fluff of cotton
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the kind of paper (d) the drop height
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) turmeric powder
37. 37.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
40. 40.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False

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