Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 798 · 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) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
5. 5.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) neither of them
6. 6.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of paper (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades (d) the drop height
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a mirror
17. 17.⚖️ 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
18. 18.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) gravity (c) air pressure (d) the wind
19. 19.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
29. 29.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a strip of paper (c) turmeric powder (d) yeast
31. 31.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
35. 35.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) turmeric powder
37. 37.🚁 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
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a glass marble
40. 40.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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