Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 961 · 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.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) turmeric powder (d) a pencil
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
5. 5.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
6. 6.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a steel spoon (c) a toy parachute (d) a glass marble
9. 9.⚖️ 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
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
13. 13.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
14. 14.⚖️ 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
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
16. 16.⚖️ 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
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
22. 22.🔮 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) a feather (d) a fluff of cotton
24. 24.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) a pencil
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of paper (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
28. 28.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) safety scissors (d) yeast
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a coin (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a toy parachute
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
35. 35.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) a magnet holds it (c) the floor pushes it (d) air pushes on its blades
36. 36.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) floating (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
38. 38.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the drop height (b) the person dropping (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) the drop height (c) time to reach the floor

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