Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 836 · 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 pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
2. 2.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) dissolving (c) floating (d) air resistance
3. 3.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a battery cell (d) safety scissors
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a coin (d) a feather
6. 6.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it spins the other way (c) it does not fall (d) it falls upward
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) a strip of paper (d) a battery cell
9. 9.🛟 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
10. 10.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.⚖️ 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
13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a balloon (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
14. 14.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) the crumpled ball (c) neither of them (d) a sheet of glass
15. 15.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it floats up (c) it stops in the air (d) slower
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a stone
18. 18.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) the wind (c) gravity (d) air pressure
19. 19.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.⚖️ 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
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) turmeric powder
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) yeast
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the drop height (b) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
26. 26.⚖️ 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
27. 27.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
28. 28.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to make it fall slower (c) to stop the spinning (d) to weigh down the bottom
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a paper clip (d) a battery cell
31. 31.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
33. 33.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
34. 34.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) the floor pushes it
35. 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the paper clip (c) the length of the blades
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone

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