Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 173 · 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.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a balloon
4. 4.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
5. 5.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a roof edge
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
7. 7.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) the wind
9. 9.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) the floor pushes it
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
11. 11.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades
13. 13.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it stays still in air (c) it turns into a ball (d) it spins round
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the person dropping (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
16. 16.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the drop height (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
23. 23.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
27. 27.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
28. 28.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the drop height (d) the paper clip
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) a feather
31. 31.🔮 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
32. 32.🔮 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
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a steel spoon
37. 37.⚖️ 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
38. 38.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⚖️ 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
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a ruler

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