Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 332 · 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 of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) turmeric powder (c) yeast (d) a mirror
2. 2.🚁 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
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
4. 4.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor (d) the paper clip
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
7. 7.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) the floor pushes it
8. 8.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
10. 10.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
13. 13.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
15. 15.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
20. 20.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) the paper clip (c) time to reach the floor
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a toy parachute
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
27. 27.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
28. 28.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
29. 29.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
32. 32.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
34. 34.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) an open sheet of paper
37. 37.⚖️ 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
38. 38.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) the crumpled ball (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) False (b) True

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