Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 407 · 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.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a fluff of cotton (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
4. 4.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) air resistance (d) magnetism
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) safety scissors (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
6. 6.🛟 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
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it spins the other way (c) it falls upward (d) it does not fall
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a battery cell (d) a paper clip
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
10. 10.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
12. 12.⚖️ 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
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a battery cell (d) a strip of paper
15. 15.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it floats up (c) it stops in the air (d) slower
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
17. 17.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
18. 18.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
21. 21.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a glass marble
24. 24.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
25. 25.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
26. 26.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🚁 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
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
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.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the crumpled ball (c) the flat sheet (d) neither of them
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) safety scissors
35. 35.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a coin
38. 38.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the drop height (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a paper helicopter (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper

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