Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 782 · 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 scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
2. 2.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
3. 3.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades (d) the kind of paper
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
8. 8.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) the wind (c) gravity (d) magnetism
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a paper helicopter (c) a feather (d) a coin
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a toy parachute (c) a paper helicopter (d) a feather
11. 11.🔮 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
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
16. 16.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a high window ledge (c) a roof edge (d) a wobbly chair
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a battery cell
18. 18.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
22. 22.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a balloon
27. 27.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
28. 28.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a toy parachute (d) a glass marble
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a pencil (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
31. 31.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it does not fall (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a feather (c) a glass marble (d) a steel spoon
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the drop height (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a stone
38. 38.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
40. 40.⚖️ 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

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