Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 259 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a glass marble
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a stone (d) a coin
3. 3.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
4. 4.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a steel spoon
7. 7.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
10. 10.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it falls upward (c) it turns blue (d) it does not fall
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a toy parachute (d) a coin
12. 12.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) safety scissors
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
16. 16.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it turns into a ball (c) it flies upward (d) it stays still in air
18. 18.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
20. 20.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) the length of the blades
22. 22.🔮 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
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) yeast
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a balloon (d) a paper clip
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) turmeric powder (d) a pencil
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
31. 31.🚁 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 weigh down the bottom (d) to stop the spinning
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
34. 34.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
35. 35.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the drop height (d) the person dropping
38. 38.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) floating (c) dissolving (d) magnetism
39. 39.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) it has no weight (c) air pushes on its blades (d) the floor pushes it

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