Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 852 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
2. 2.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
5. 5.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) a paper cutter
6. 6.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
7. 7.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔮 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) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
10. 10.🚁 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 weigh down the bottom (d) to stop the spinning
11. 11.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it stops in the air (d) it floats up
12. 12.🧺 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 magnet
13. 13.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
14. 14.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the person dropping
15. 15.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) a toy parachute (d) a feather
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a paper helicopter (c) a toy parachute (d) a steel spoon
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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
26. 26.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) a magnet holds it (c) it has no weight (d) the floor pushes it
27. 27.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it does not fall (c) it turns blue (d) it spins the other way
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) an open sheet of paper
29. 29.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) magnetism (c) air pressure (d) the wind
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
34. 34.⚖️ 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
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
36. 36.⚖️ 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
37. 37.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
39. 39.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True

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