Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 578 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
2. 2.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a roof edge
3. 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
4. 4.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
5. 5.True or false: a battery cell is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a paper helicopter (c) a coin (d) a feather
7. 7.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) turmeric powder (c) a strip of paper (d) a pencil
12. 12.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
14. 14.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a feather (c) a paper helicopter (d) an open sheet of paper
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
18. 18.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
19. 19.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the drop height (c) the length of the blades
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a crumpled paper ball
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) yeast (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
25. 25.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
26. 26.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of paper (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
29. 29.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it turns into a ball (c) it spins round (d) it stays still in air
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the length of the blades (c) the kind of paper (d) the drop height
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) a glass marble
32. 32.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) faster (c) it stops in the air (d) slower
33. 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a magnet
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) a coin
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.🔮 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
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a battery cell (d) safety scissors
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
39. 39.🚁 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
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) a ruler (d) a pencil

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