Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 859 · 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 an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
2. 2.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
3. 3.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
4. 4.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a crumpled paper ball
5. 5.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a steel spoon
8. 8.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) gravity
9. 9.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) yeast
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a glass marble (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a toy parachute
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a steel spoon (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) a magnet
23. 23.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a glass marble
25. 25.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a roof edge
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a ruler
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
28. 28.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) neither of them (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
34. 34.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
35. 35.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades
37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) safety scissors
38. 38.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it stops in the air (c) faster (d) it floats up
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip

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