Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 958 · 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 scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
2. 2.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) the length of the blades (d) the drop height
3. 3.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it spins the other way (c) it falls upward (d) it does not fall
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
7. 7.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
8. 8.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) from your raised hand (c) a high window ledge (d) a roof edge
10. 10.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the crumpled ball (c) the flat sheet (d) neither of them
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
14. 14.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) yeast (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a mirror
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a steel spoon (d) an open sheet of paper
18. 18.🚁 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
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a balloon
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
21. 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
22. 22.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) time to reach the floor (d) the paper clip
23. 23.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
29. 29.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) floating (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
31. 31.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) gravity (c) air pressure (d) magnetism
32. 32.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
34. 34.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a battery cell (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
39. 39.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) faster (c) slower (d) it stops in the air
40. 40.⚖️ 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

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