Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 636 · 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.⚖️ 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
2. 2.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
3. 3.True or false: a battery cell is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
5. 5.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
7. 7.🚁 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
8. 8.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) gardening shears (d) a paper cutter
9. 9.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🚁 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 make it fall slower (d) to stop the spinning
12. 12.⚖️ 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
13. 13.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the length of the blades (d) the drop height
14. 14.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) neither of them (c) the flat sheet (d) the crumpled ball
15. 15.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) a high window ledge (d) from your raised hand
16. 16.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a stone (d) a crumpled paper ball
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a paper clip (d) turmeric powder
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) a paper clip
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a paper helicopter (d) a crumpled paper ball
23. 23.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a magnet
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
26. 26.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) gravity
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a paper helicopter
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) it stops in the air (c) slower (d) faster
32. 32.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
35. 35.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a glass marble (d) a paper helicopter
38. 38.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a feather (d) a paper helicopter

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