Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 745 · 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? True or false: the drop height is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a coin (c) a feather (d) a crumpled paper ball
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a stone (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a paper helicopter
6. 6.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) gardening shears
7. 7.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) a high window ledge (c) from your raised hand (d) a roof edge
8. 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
9. 9.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) it stops in the air (c) faster (d) slower
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a strip of paper (c) a mirror (d) a magnet
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a ruler
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a mirror (c) a ruler (d) a pencil
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) safety scissors (d) yeast
17. 17.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it stays still in air (b) it turns into a ball (c) it spins round (d) it flies upward
18. 18.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
21. 21.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
23. 23.🔮 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) the flat sheet (d) neither of them
24. 24.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a stone (d) a toy parachute
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a paper helicopter (c) a steel spoon (d) a coin
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a paper clip
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a battery cell (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
29. 29.🧺 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 balloon
30. 30.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a stone
32. 32.⚖️ 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 length of the blades (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter 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) the length of the blades (b) time to reach the floor (c) the paper clip
35. 35.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
39. 39.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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