Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 596 · 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 steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) safety scissors (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a battery cell (d) a ruler
5. 5.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) the flat sheet
6. 6.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the paper clip
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a glass marble
10. 10.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
13. 13.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
16. 16.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it stays still in air (b) it turns into a ball (c) it flies upward (d) it spins round
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a feather
18. 18.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
19. 19.⚖️ 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 kind of paper
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔮 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
23. 23.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a mirror
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
26. 26.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it magnetic (d) to stop the spinning
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a coin (d) a toy parachute
33. 33.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) the wind (c) gravity (d) magnetism
34. 34.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a pencil (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a paper helicopter (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a glass marble (d) a feather
37. 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) a magnet holds it (c) air pushes on its blades (d) the floor pushes it

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