Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 73 · 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 kept the same? (a) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the drop height
2. 2.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) air resistance (b) dissolving (c) floating (d) magnetism
3. 3.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it turns into a ball (b) it spins round (c) it stays still in air (d) it flies upward
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
5. 5.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧺 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 ruler
7. 7.⚖️ 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
8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
9. 9.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the kind of paper (b) the paper clip (c) the length of the blades (d) time to reach the floor
10. 10.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a paper helicopter (c) a stone (d) a fluff of cotton
11. 11.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a glass marble (d) a stone
12. 12.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a toy parachute (c) a paper helicopter (d) a steel spoon
13. 13.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
14. 14.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
15. 15.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛟 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
17. 17.🔮 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
18. 18.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
19. 19.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
20. 20.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) air pushes on its blades (c) it has no weight (d) a magnet holds it
21. 21.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⚖️ 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) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a magnet
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a stone (d) a paper helicopter
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a paper helicopter (d) a coin
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
27. 27.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) yeast
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
30. 30.⚖️ 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
31. 31.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
32. 32.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a coin (d) an open sheet of paper
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) an open sheet of paper
37. 37.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
40. 40.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False

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