Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 341 · 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 not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a balloon (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a paper helicopter (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
3. 3.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) yeast (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
7. 7.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
9. 9.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
10. 10.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
13. 13.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it stays still in air (b) it flies upward (c) it turns into a ball (d) it spins round
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
15. 15.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
20. 20.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
24. 24.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to stop the spinning (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to make it magnetic
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
28. 28.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a roof edge (c) a high window ledge (d) from your raised hand
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) a feather
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
32. 32.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) the flat sheet
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
37. 37.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) it has no weight (c) air pushes on its blades (d) the floor pushes it
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a crumpled paper ball

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