Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 156 · 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 add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it stops in the air (c) it floats up (d) slower
2. 2.🚁 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 weigh down the bottom (d) to make it fall slower
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) a balloon
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
8. 8.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a high window ledge (c) from your raised hand (d) a roof edge
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the length of the blades (b) the kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
10. 10.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a glass marble (c) a feather (d) a coin
12. 12.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) yeast (d) a pencil
17. 17.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
18. 18.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) time to reach the floor
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
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 change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
22. 22.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the crumpled ball (c) a sheet of glass (d) the flat sheet
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
25. 25.⚖️ 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
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a mirror
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
29. 29.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
32. 32.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it spins round (c) it stays still in air (d) it turns into a ball
33. 33.⚖️ 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
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a steel spoon (d) a coin
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a crumpled paper ball
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a pencil

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