Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 148 · 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 spins the other way (c) it falls upward (d) it turns blue
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) turmeric powder
3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
4. 4.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) it floats up
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a feather
6. 6.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of paper (b) the paper clip (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
9. 9.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) magnetism (c) air pressure (d) the wind
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a mirror
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) yeast (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
15. 15.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
16. 16.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it flies upward (c) it turns into a ball (d) it stays still in air
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
19. 19.⚖️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
26. 26.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
27. 27.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🛟 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
32. 32.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a coin
33. 33.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) air pushes on its blades (c) it has no weight (d) the floor pushes it
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
37. 37.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it fall slower (d) to weigh down the bottom
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) safety scissors

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