Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 947 · 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.🧺 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 ruler (d) yeast
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a coin (c) a toy parachute (d) a feather
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a paper clip
4. 4.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) from your raised hand (c) a high window ledge (d) a wobbly chair
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a paper helicopter
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
10. 10.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
13. 13.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
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.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
17. 17.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
18. 18.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
19. 19.⚖️ 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
20. 20.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🚁 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
24. 24.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) neither of them (c) the flat sheet (d) the crumpled ball
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
26. 26.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🚁 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
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a stone
30. 30.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
35. 35.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed

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