Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 492 · 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 of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
2. 2.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
4. 4.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) gravity
5. 5.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades
6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
9. 9.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor
11. 11.🚁 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
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a mirror
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a toy parachute
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a balloon (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
16. 16.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
18. 18.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) safety scissors (d) sharp kitchen shears
19. 19.True or false: an open sheet of paper 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 paper clip”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a glass marble (d) a crumpled paper ball
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
24. 24.🚁 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 make it magnetic (d) to weigh down the bottom
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
26. 26.⚖️ 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
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a paper clip
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
35. 35.🔮 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
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) turmeric powder (d) a pencil
38. 38.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⚖️ 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
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) False (b) True

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