Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 649 · 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.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) faster (c) slower (d) it floats up
2. 2.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a high window ledge
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
4. 4.🔮 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
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a coin (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
8. 8.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a paper helicopter (c) a feather (d) a glass marble
10. 10.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
12. 12.⚖️ 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
13. 13.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it magnetic (d) to make it fall slower
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
15. 15.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) turmeric powder (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
18. 18.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.⚖️ 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
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) a mirror (d) a pencil
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
24. 24.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) air pushes on its blades (c) it has no weight (d) the floor pushes it
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a coin
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a paper clip
29. 29.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
30. 30.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) a toy parachute (d) a paper helicopter
31. 31.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
32. 32.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
34. 34.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
36. 36.⚖️ 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
37. 37.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a pencil (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
40. 40.True or false: safety scissors is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True

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