Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 904 · 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 toy parachute (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) an open sheet of paper
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
3. 3.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a paper helicopter
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a glass marble (c) a toy parachute (d) a feather
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a ruler (c) turmeric powder (d) yeast
10. 10.⚖️ 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
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
14. 14.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) safety scissors
16. 16.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
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.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) magnetism (c) gravity (d) air pressure
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
21. 21.⚖️ 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
22. 22.🔮 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
23. 23.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
24. 24.⚖️ 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
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
26. 26.🔮 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
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
28. 28.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) yeast
30. 30.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 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
32. 32.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a balloon (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
36. 36.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) the length of the blades (d) the paper clip
37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
39. 39.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it spins the other way (c) it turns blue (d) it does not fall
40. 40.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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