Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 674 · 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? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the paper clip (b) the kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a stone (d) a feather
3. 3.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
4. 4.⚖️ 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a glass marble (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
6. 6.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it turns into a ball (c) it flies upward (d) it stays still in air
7. 7.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) air pushes on its blades
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a feather (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
9. 9.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
10. 10.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) a crumpled paper ball
11. 11.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
13. 13.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a mirror (d) yeast
15. 15.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
17. 17.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
19. 19.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) a sheet of glass (c) neither of them (d) the flat sheet
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a coin (d) a feather
21. 21.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it falls upward (c) it turns blue (d) it does not fall
22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
24. 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
25. 25.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
27. 27.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a steel spoon (c) a paper helicopter (d) a glass marble
28. 28.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a glass marble (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a pencil for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
31. 31.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it stops in the air (c) slower (d) it floats up
32. 32.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) magnetism (c) the wind (d) air pressure
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
34. 34.⚖️ 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
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) a paper clip
36. 36.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to make it fall slower (c) to stop the spinning (d) to make it magnetic
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) a glass marble
38. 38.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) magnetism (c) floating (d) dissolving
39. 39.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True

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