Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 496 · 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 scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) safety scissors
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
4. 4.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
5. 5.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a mirror (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
6. 6.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it turns into a ball (c) it stays still in air (d) it flies upward
7. 7.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a high window ledge (c) a wobbly chair (d) from your raised hand
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a steel spoon
10. 10.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) the floor pushes it
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.⚖️ 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
15. 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
18. 18.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) faster (d) it floats up
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
20. 20.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) air resistance (d) magnetism
24. 24.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to stop the spinning (d) to make it fall slower
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a balloon
26. 26.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a glass marble (d) a crumpled paper ball
28. 28.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the paper clip
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) a paper clip
33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
34. 34.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it turns blue (c) it does not fall (d) it falls upward
35. 35.⚖️ 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
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a toy parachute (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
37. 37.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height (d) the length of the blades
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
39. 39.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False

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