Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 779 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a stone
2. 2.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “time to reach the floor”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
4. 4.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a feather (b) a glass marble (c) a steel spoon (d) a stone
6. 6.🛟 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
7. 7.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the length of the blades (c) the person dropping
8. 8.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) gardening shears (d) safety scissors
9. 9.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a paper clip
12. 12.⚖️ 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 person dropping (c) the paper clip (d) time to reach the floor
13. 13.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it spins the other way (c) it does not fall (d) it falls upward
14. 14.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.⚖️ 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
16. 16.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
19. 19.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it stays still in air (c) it turns into a ball (d) it spins round
20. 20.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) magnetism (c) gravity (d) air pressure
22. 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a ruler (d) a mirror
23. 23.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
24. 24.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) the floor pushes it (b) it has no weight (c) a magnet holds it (d) air pushes on its blades
25. 25.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to make it fall slower (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to make it magnetic
28. 28.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a battery cell (d) a strip of paper
29. 29.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
30. 30.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
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 length of the blades (b) the paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) time to reach the floor
33. 33.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a steel spoon (c) a paper helicopter (d) a feather
35. 35.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) neither of them
36. 36.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
37. 37.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
38. 38.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) yeast (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
40. 40.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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