Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 379 · 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.🔮 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
2. 2.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
3. 3.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) faster (d) it floats up
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 drop height (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades
5. 5.🛟 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
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
7. 7.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
9. 9.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) yeast (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a fluff of cotton
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a strip of paper (d) a battery cell
13. 13.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
15. 15.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a battery cell (d) a strip of paper
18. 18.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
21. 21.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) gardening shears (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) a paper cutter
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
25. 25.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
28. 28.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) a feather
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
30. 30.🧺 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 pencil
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
33. 33.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a fluff of cotton
35. 35.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
36. 36.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) air pressure
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a paper helicopter
38. 38.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it magnetic (d) to make it fall slower
39. 39.⚖️ 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
40. 40.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it stays still in air (c) it flies upward (d) it turns into a ball

Free science experiments lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/science-experiments-for-kids