Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 298 · 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) sharp kitchen shears (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) safety scissors
2. 2.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a crumpled paper ball
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
7. 7.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) the length of the blades
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
9. 9.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a roof edge (c) a high window ledge (d) a wobbly chair
10. 10.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a stone
11. 11.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it stops in the air (c) faster (d) it floats up
18. 18.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it turns into a ball (b) it stays still in air (c) it spins round (d) it flies upward
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
20. 20.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades (d) the drop height
23. 23.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) gravity (c) the wind (d) magnetism
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) time to reach the floor (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
26. 26.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
28. 28.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it does not fall
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a toy parachute (d) an open sheet of paper
30. 30.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) yeast
32. 32.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
34. 34.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) floating
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⚖️ 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
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True

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