Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 459 · 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 add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) faster (c) slower (d) it stops in the air
2. 2.⚖️ 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
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
4. 4.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it flies upward (c) it turns into a ball (d) it stays still in air
5. 5.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) magnetism (c) air resistance (d) floating
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) a ruler (d) turmeric powder
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
9. 9.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it spins the other way (c) it turns blue (d) it falls upward
10. 10.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
12. 12.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the length of the blades (b) the kind of paper (c) the drop height (d) the paper clip
16. 16.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) gardening shears
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a paper helicopter (d) a glass marble
19. 19.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🚁 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 fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
29. 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a strip of paper
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a battery cell
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper 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 kind of paper (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a coin (d) a toy parachute
38. 38.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
40. 40.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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