Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 155 · 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 battery cell (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
4. 4.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) sharp kitchen shears
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
6. 6.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a coin
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
9. 9.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
10. 10.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) safety scissors
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
19. 19.⚖️ 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
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a strip of paper
23. 23.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a high window ledge (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
24. 24.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it does not fall (c) it falls upward (d) it turns blue
26. 26.⚖️ 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
27. 27.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
28. 28.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it turns into a ball (c) it spins round (d) it stays still in air
29. 29.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) air pressure (d) magnetism
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
35. 35.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) air resistance (d) dissolving
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a battery cell (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed

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