Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

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

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