Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 700 · 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.🚁 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 weigh down the bottom (d) to make it fall slower
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a toy parachute (d) a crumpled paper ball
3. 3.🔮 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
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) air resistance (d) magnetism
8. 8.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
9. 9.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔮 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
11. 11.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a magnet
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a mirror (c) yeast (d) a balloon
15. 15.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
16. 16.⚖️ 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
17. 17.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the person dropping
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
20. 20.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
21. 21.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
22. 22.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a roof edge
23. 23.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure (c) gravity (d) the wind
24. 24.⚖️ 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 person dropping
25. 25.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
26. 26.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) a magnet holds it (b) the floor pushes it (c) air pushes on its blades (d) it has no weight
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a paper helicopter
29. 29.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
30. 30.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
34. 34.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it spins round (c) it stays still in air (d) it turns into a ball
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a fluff of cotton (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
36. 36.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
37. 37.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a paper helicopter (c) a fluff of cotton (d) an open sheet of paper
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a toy parachute (c) a stone (d) a coin

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