Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 209 · 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.⚖️ 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
2. 2.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
4. 4.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a crumpled paper ball
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a balloon
10. 10.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
12. 12.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
14. 14.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
18. 18.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) yeast (c) a pencil (d) a ruler
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) magnetism (c) gravity (d) air pressure
24. 24.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) faster
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧺 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) a pencil
28. 28.🛟 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
29. 29.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) yeast (c) a strip of paper (d) a mirror
32. 32.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it stays still in air (c) it flies upward (d) it turns into a ball
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a coin (d) a steel spoon
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
37. 37.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔮 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
40. 40.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True

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