Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 848 · 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 needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
2. 2.⚖️ 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
3. 3.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) the floor pushes it (c) it has no weight (d) air pushes on its blades
5. 5.🔮 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
6. 6.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a battery cell (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
10. 10.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) magnetism (c) floating (d) air resistance
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
12. 12.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
14. 14.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) safety scissors (d) sharp kitchen shears
15. 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
16. 16.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the kind of paper (c) the length of the blades (d) the person dropping
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
19. 19.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a wobbly chair (c) a high window ledge (d) a roof edge
20. 20.🔮 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
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
24. 24.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it turns blue (d) it spins the other way
25. 25.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) magnetism (c) air pressure (d) gravity
26. 26.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
32. 32.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a steel spoon (d) a glass marble
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) yeast
36. 36.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
38. 38.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
39. 39.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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