Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 473 · 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.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it stays still in air (c) it turns into a ball (d) it spins round
2. 2.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
4. 4.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) dissolving
5. 5.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
6. 6.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) yeast
8. 8.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a fluff of cotton
10. 10.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
12. 12.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
13. 13.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a battery cell (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
16. 16.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) gardening shears (d) a paper cutter
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades (d) the drop height
18. 18.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a glass marble
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
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) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades (d) the person dropping
23. 23.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) yeast
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
26. 26.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
28. 28.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) a glass marble
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) an open sheet of paper
33. 33.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
34. 34.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
37. 37.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) neither of them (c) the flat sheet (d) the crumpled ball
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a pencil
40. 40.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a coin

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