Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 762 · 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.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) a ruler (d) a battery cell
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) safety scissors (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
5. 5.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure (c) gravity (d) the wind
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a fluff of cotton (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a paper helicopter
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a balloon (c) a battery cell (d) a mirror
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) a ruler
9. 9.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) floating (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
11. 11.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
14. 14.True or false: yeast is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
16. 16.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) from your raised hand (c) a roof edge (d) a high window ledge
17. 17.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a stone (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
20. 20.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to make it fall slower (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to stop the spinning
21. 21.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) safety scissors (d) a magnet
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a pencil (c) a mirror (d) yeast
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
26. 26.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) time to reach the floor
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
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 kind of paper (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor (d) the paper clip
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a feather (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
30. 30.True or false: a pencil is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.⚖️ 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
32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a battery cell (d) a paper clip
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) turmeric powder (d) a ruler
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a toy parachute (d) an open sheet of paper
36. 36.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it turns into a ball (b) it flies upward (c) it stays still in air (d) it spins round
37. 37.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a coin (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
40. 40.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) neither of them (c) the flat sheet (d) the crumpled ball

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