Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 928 · 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.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a steel spoon
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
5. 5.⚖️ 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
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) a magnet
7. 7.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
9. 9.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
12. 12.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
15. 15.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) the floor pushes it (c) it has no weight (d) a magnet holds it
16. 16.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) sharp kitchen shears
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
19. 19.🚁 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
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
21. 21.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
23. 23.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
24. 24.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a glass marble (d) a paper helicopter
26. 26.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) neither of them (c) the flat sheet (d) a sheet of glass
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
28. 28.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) floating (d) magnetism
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a paper helicopter
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) gravity
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the paper clip (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
37. 37.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a toy parachute
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
40. 40.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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