Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 52 · 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 ruler (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
2. 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
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 feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
6. 6.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades
7. 7.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a steel spoon (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a crumpled paper ball
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a mirror (d) safety scissors
10. 10.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it floats up (c) faster (d) it stops in the air
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
12. 12.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a balloon (d) a magnet
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
16. 16.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) floating (d) magnetism
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it turns into a ball (b) it stays still in air (c) it flies upward (d) it spins round
20. 20.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it falls upward (c) it does not fall (d) it turns blue
21. 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) a pencil
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) a magnet (d) safety scissors
24. 24.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
30. 30.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) from your raised hand (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) a high window ledge
31. 31.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) magnetism (d) the wind
33. 33.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a glass marble
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a paper clip
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) a ruler (d) safety scissors
36. 36.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⚖️ 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
38. 38.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
40. 40.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) air pushes on its blades (c) the floor pushes it (d) a magnet holds it

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