Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 539 · 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) a balloon (b) a strip of paper (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
2. 2.🚁 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
3. 3.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a high window ledge (c) from your raised hand (d) a roof edge
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
7. 7.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) air resistance (c) floating (d) magnetism
8. 8.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) safety scissors
10. 10.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) gravity (c) the wind (d) magnetism
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
12. 12.🧺 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) a mirror
13. 13.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
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 length of the blades (b) the person dropping (c) the kind of paper (d) the drop height
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a stone (c) a coin (d) a steel spoon
17. 17.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
18. 18.⚖️ 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
19. 19.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
20. 20.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the flat sheet (c) the crumpled ball (d) neither of them
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a steel spoon (c) a toy parachute (d) a fluff of cotton
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
24. 24.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it flies upward (c) it turns into a ball (d) it stays still in air
25. 25.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a magnet
27. 27.⚖️ 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
28. 28.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the paper clip
29. 29.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a balloon (c) a ruler (d) a paper clip
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a paper clip (d) a balloon
32. 32.🔮 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
33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) yeast (d) a pencil
34. 34.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🚁 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
37. 37.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
40. 40.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True

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