Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 653 · 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) it floats up (c) faster (d) slower
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) a crumpled paper ball
3. 3.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) yeast (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a paper helicopter (d) a steel spoon
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a steel spoon (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) a steel spoon
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
8. 8.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) magnetism
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
10. 10.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of paper (b) the drop height (c) the length of the blades (d) the paper clip
13. 13.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it magnetic (c) to make it fall slower (d) to weigh down the bottom
14. 14.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the person dropping (c) time to reach the floor (d) the drop height
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) safety scissors
18. 18.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it stays still in air (c) it spins round (d) it turns into a ball
19. 19.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
20. 20.⚖️ 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
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a paper helicopter (d) a feather
22. 22.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) a paper cutter (c) gardening shears (d) safety scissors
23. 23.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) air resistance (c) magnetism (d) floating
25. 25.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) a sheet of glass
26. 26.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
27. 27.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
28. 28.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
29. 29.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
31. 31.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) yeast (c) a magnet (d) a strip of paper
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a glass marble (d) a fluff of cotton
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a feather
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the drop height (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
39. 39.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True

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