Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 931 · 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.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to stop the spinning (d) to make it fall slower
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
4. 4.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it stops in the air (c) it floats up (d) faster
6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the length of the blades (b) the paper clip (c) the drop height (d) time to reach the floor
7. 7.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a paper clip
10. 10.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a crumpled paper ball
12. 12.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the crumpled ball (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
14. 14.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a glass marble
17. 17.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) dissolving (c) floating (d) air resistance
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
19. 19.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a toy parachute
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a toy parachute
23. 23.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.⚖️ 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
25. 25.⚖️ 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
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
27. 27.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) safety scissors (d) sharp kitchen shears
28. 28.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a stone
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a stone
31. 31.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
33. 33.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a balloon (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) an open sheet of paper
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the length of the blades (b) the person dropping (c) time to reach the floor (d) the drop height
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) yeast
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the person dropping (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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