Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 388 · 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.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the drop height (b) the person dropping (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
3. 3.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a stone
7. 7.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) a mirror
10. 10.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
12. 12.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) faster (c) it stops in the air (d) it floats up
13. 13.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
14. 14.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it turns blue (d) it spins the other way
15. 15.⚖️ 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
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a toy parachute
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a coin (d) a glass marble
18. 18.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
19. 19.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) a high window ledge
20. 20.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a coin (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
23. 23.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) gravity
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) a toy parachute (d) a steel spoon
26. 26.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
27. 27.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a glass marble (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
30. 30.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) neither of them (c) the crumpled ball (d) a sheet of glass
31. 31.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.🚁 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
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
35. 35.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a stone (c) a paper helicopter (d) a feather
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
38. 38.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a battery cell (d) a paper clip

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