Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 477 · 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.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) turmeric powder
2. 2.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
5. 5.⚖️ 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
6. 6.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) air pushes on its blades (c) a magnet holds it (d) the floor pushes it
8. 8.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
10. 10.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) yeast (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) the drop height (c) time to reach the floor
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
16. 16.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) gardening shears
17. 17.⚖️ 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
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
19. 19.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
20. 20.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) turmeric powder (c) a mirror (d) a ruler
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
25. 25.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it spins round (c) it turns into a ball (d) it stays still in air
26. 26.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
27. 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
28. 28.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a glass marble (c) a coin (d) a stone
29. 29.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to make it fall slower (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to stop the spinning
30. 30.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
31. 31.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it falls upward (c) it does not fall (d) it spins the other way
32. 32.True or false: a mirror is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
37. 37.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) neither of them
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
40. 40.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True

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