Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 808 · 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.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to stop the spinning (b) to weigh down the bottom (c) to make it magnetic (d) to make it fall slower
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) safety scissors (d) a paper cutter
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a paper helicopter
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) a strip of paper (c) yeast (d) a balloon
6. 6.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
8. 8.🚁 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
9. 9.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a feather
10. 10.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the paper clip (b) the kind of paper (c) time to reach the floor (d) the drop height
11. 11.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) slower (b) it stops in the air (c) faster (d) it floats up
12. 12.True or false: a feather falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⚖️ 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 drop height (c) the length of the blades
14. 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a mirror
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the person dropping (b) time to reach the floor (c) the length of the blades
16. 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) a ruler
17. 17.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) from your raised hand (d) a high window ledge
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a strip of paper (d) turmeric powder
19. 19.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) air resistance (c) magnetism (d) dissolving
20. 20.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a pencil (c) yeast (d) a ruler
21. 21.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
22. 22.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
24. 24.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
25. 25.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
26. 26.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a steel spoon fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
30. 30.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a glass marble (c) a feather (d) a toy parachute
32. 32.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it does not fall (c) it falls upward (d) it turns blue
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the length of the blades”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
34. 34.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
37. 37.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the length of the blades (d) the paper clip
38. 38.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a magnet
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed

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