Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 78 · 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 a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
2. 2.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
3. 3.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
4. 4.True or false: a paper clip is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a strip of paper is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.⚖️ 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
7. 7.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) air pressure (c) gravity (d) magnetism
9. 9.⚖️ 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
10. 10.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it stays still in air (b) it turns into a ball (c) it flies upward (d) it spins round
11. 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) a glass marble (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a stone
14. 14.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) an open sheet of paper
15. 15.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) from your raised hand (c) a roof edge (d) a wobbly chair
16. 16.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it turns blue (c) it spins the other way (d) it does not fall
17. 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a pencil (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) gardening shears (d) a paper cutter
21. 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a glass marble (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a stone
23. 23.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a coin (d) a stone
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the person dropping (c) the kind of paper (d) the length of the blades
25. 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a ruler
26. 26.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) dissolving (c) magnetism (d) air resistance
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a coin
28. 28.🔮 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
29. 29.⚖️ 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
30. 30.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to weigh down the bottom (b) to stop the spinning (c) to make it fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) yeast
36. 36.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.🔮 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
40. 40.⚖️ 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

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