Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 345 · 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) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
2. 2.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it fall slower (c) to make it magnetic (d) to weigh down the bottom
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) an open sheet of paper
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 person dropping (b) the length of the blades (c) the paper clip (d) the kind of paper
5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
8. 8.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it turns into a ball (b) it spins round (c) it stays still in air (d) it flies upward
10. 10.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
13. 13.⚖️ 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
14. 14.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) floating
15. 15.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a stone (d) a feather
18. 18.🔮 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
19. 19.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🚁 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
21. 21.⚖️ 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
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
24. 24.⚖️ 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
25. 25.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it turns blue (c) it spins the other way (d) it falls upward
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
29. 29.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a coin
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
32. 32.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) the wind (c) gravity (d) magnetism
34. 34.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a roof edge (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
35. 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
37. 37.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
38. 38.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper

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