Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 783 · 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.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a high window ledge
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the drop height (b) time to reach the floor (c) the kind of paper (d) the length of the blades
4. 4.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a battery cell (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
8. 8.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
10. 10.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.⚖️ 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
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a stone
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
16. 16.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a toy parachute
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a stone (d) a crumpled paper ball
20. 20.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) slower (c) faster (d) it stops in the air
21. 21.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) air pressure (d) magnetism
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
23. 23.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a stone
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
25. 25.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) a paper clip
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
29. 29.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) the flat sheet
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
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) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
36. 36.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
39. 39.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a crumpled paper ball

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