Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 167 · 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.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) gardening shears
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
5. 5.🛟 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
6. 6.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) faster (c) it floats up (d) slower
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a pencil 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 paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a mirror (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a coin (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a fluff of cotton
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) time to reach the floor (c) the kind of paper (d) the paper clip
15. 15.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a paper helicopter (d) a fluff of cotton
18. 18.🚁 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
19. 19.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it spins the other way (c) it turns blue (d) it falls upward
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a battery cell
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a ruler
28. 28.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) the flat sheet
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
30. 30.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) the wind (c) gravity (d) air pressure
31. 31.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a paper helicopter (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a stone
32. 32.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the drop height (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
34. 34.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
36. 36.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
37. 37.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
38. 38.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter

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