Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 759 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a stone
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) a toy parachute
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) safety scissors (c) turmeric powder (d) a battery cell
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
6. 6.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
7. 7.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
9. 9.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
10. 10.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a ruler (c) yeast (d) a pencil
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the person dropping (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
15. 15.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
16. 16.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it turns blue (c) it falls upward (d) it spins the other way
18. 18.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it turns into a ball (b) it stays still in air (c) it spins round (d) it flies upward
20. 20.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) magnetism
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
24. 24.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
26. 26.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the length of the blades (b) the kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) the drop height
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
31. 31.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the flat sheet (c) a sheet of glass (d) the crumpled ball
32. 32.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
35. 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a paper clip (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
38. 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) a mirror
39. 39.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) air resistance (c) dissolving (d) magnetism

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