Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 498 · 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.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a high window ledge (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
2. 2.🔮 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
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a paper clip
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
6. 6.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a steel spoon (d) an open sheet of paper
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
10. 10.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a crumpled paper ball
13. 13.🚁 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
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the person dropping (b) the drop height (c) the paper clip (d) the length of the blades
15. 15.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it fall slower (c) to make it magnetic (d) to weigh down the bottom
16. 16.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
18. 18.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) turmeric powder
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⚖️ 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
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a coin (d) a stone
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a strip of paper
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
28. 28.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) a magnet holds it (c) it has no weight (d) the floor pushes it
31. 31.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) dissolving (c) floating (d) air resistance
32. 32.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) a sheet of glass (c) the flat sheet (d) neither of them
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a mirror (d) a ruler
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) safety scissors (d) a battery cell
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
36. 36.⚖️ 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
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) a coin

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