Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 893 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the paper clip (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a balloon (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
3. 3.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a paper helicopter (d) a glass marble
5. 5.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) safety scissors (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a mirror
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a paper clip
12. 12.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) a magnet (d) safety scissors
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔮 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
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
17. 17.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) yeast (d) a balloon
20. 20.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
23. 23.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⚖️ 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
25. 25.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to stop the spinning (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to make it magnetic
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
27. 27.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the paper clip (b) the drop height (c) the length of the blades (d) the kind of paper
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a paper helicopter
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
32. 32.🚁 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
33. 33.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) air resistance (d) magnetism
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a toy parachute
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same

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