Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 410 · 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 feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
2. 2.⚖️ 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
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
4. 4.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a glass marble (d) a paper helicopter
6. 6.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it does not fall
8. 8.⚖️ 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
9. 9.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) a pencil
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
12. 12.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
13. 13.🚁 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
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) safety scissors (d) yeast
15. 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
17. 17.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) magnetism (c) the wind (d) air pressure
19. 19.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the paper clip (b) the person dropping (c) the length of the blades (d) the kind of paper
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
24. 24.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
26. 26.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
27. 27.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a roof edge (c) a high window ledge (d) a wobbly chair
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
29. 29.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
31. 31.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
33. 33.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) a sheet of glass (c) neither of them (d) the flat sheet
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the length of the blades (c) the paper clip
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
37. 37.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a steel spoon
39. 39.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to stop the spinning (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to make it magnetic
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed

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