Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 980 · 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.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
2. 2.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
4. 4.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the length of the blades (c) the kind of paper
7. 7.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
10. 10.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔮 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
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
13. 13.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) floating (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
15. 15.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) the wind (c) air pressure (d) gravity
16. 16.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) time to reach the floor
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) the drop height (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) turmeric powder
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a pencil
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a feather
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a glass marble (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
28. 28.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
32. 32.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
33. 33.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a stone
35. 35.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a roof edge (c) from your raised hand (d) a wobbly chair
36. 36.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a balloon

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