Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 884 · 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 falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a battery cell (d) a ruler
3. 3.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) faster (d) it stops in the air
4. 4.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the person dropping (b) the kind of paper (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a glass marble
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
10. 10.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) a feather
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a strip of paper (d) a balloon
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a coin
16. 16.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.⚖️ 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
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) turmeric powder
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
21. 21.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
23. 23.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
24. 24.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it turns blue (c) it spins the other way (d) it does not fall
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a steel spoon (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
26. 26.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
29. 29.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a paper clip
31. 31.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon

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