Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 252 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
2. 2.🛟 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
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
4. 4.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
5. 5.⚖️ 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
6. 6.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a paper helicopter (d) a toy parachute
8. 8.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔮 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
10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) a sheet of glass (c) neither of them (d) the flat sheet
13. 13.⚖️ 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
14. 14.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
15. 15.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a fluff of cotton
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
19. 19.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
20. 20.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to make it fall slower (c) to stop the spinning (d) to weigh down the bottom
21. 21.🚁 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
22. 22.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a magnet
24. 24.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a toy parachute (d) a feather
26. 26.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a feather
27. 27.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
29. 29.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a ruler (c) turmeric powder (d) a magnet
32. 32.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) the wind (c) gravity (d) magnetism
33. 33.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a crumpled paper ball
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a paper helicopter
40. 40.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast

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