Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

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

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