Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 306 · 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 wobbly chair (b) a high window ledge (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a battery cell (d) a strip of paper
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the length of the blades (b) the paper clip (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
4. 4.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it stays still in air (b) it flies upward (c) it spins round (d) it turns into a ball
5. 5.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a magnet (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a stone (d) a feather
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a fluff of cotton
9. 9.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) a magnet holds it (c) it has no weight (d) air pushes on its blades
10. 10.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) magnetism (c) gravity (d) air pressure
11. 11.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it fall slower (d) to weigh down the bottom
12. 12.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a mirror
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
15. 15.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) neither of them (c) the crumpled ball (d) a sheet of glass
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a paper clip (c) a mirror (d) turmeric powder
17. 17.⚖️ 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
18. 18.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a paper helicopter
20. 20.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it does not fall (c) it turns blue (d) it spins the other way
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
26. 26.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
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 measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) yeast (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a feather
33. 33.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
36. 36.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
37. 37.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) it floats up
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the drop height (b) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades

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