Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 302 · 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.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a roof edge (c) a wobbly chair (d) from your raised hand
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
3. 3.⚖️ 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a battery cell (d) a ruler
6. 6.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) floating (c) dissolving (d) magnetism
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) safety scissors (d) a mirror
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) safety scissors
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a strip of paper (c) a mirror (d) a battery cell
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
12. 12.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the person dropping (b) the kind of paper (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
16. 16.🔮 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
17. 17.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
19. 19.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it turns into a ball (c) it spins round (d) it stays still in air
20. 20.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
21. 21.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the flat sheet (c) the crumpled ball (d) neither of them
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
23. 23.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
25. 25.⚖️ 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
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
27. 27.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) gardening shears
28. 28.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a coin
31. 31.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
33. 33.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.⚖️ 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
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.⚖️ 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
37. 37.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it turns blue (d) it spins the other way
38. 38.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
40. 40.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True

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