Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 863 · 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.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
2. 2.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a stone (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
4. 4.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a mirror (c) a pencil (d) a balloon
6. 6.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) air resistance (c) magnetism (d) dissolving
9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) safety scissors (d) turmeric powder
10. 10.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it stays still in air (c) it flies upward (d) it turns into a ball
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a ruler
13. 13.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
14. 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a paper clip (c) yeast (d) a ruler
15. 15.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a high window ledge (b) a wobbly chair (c) a roof edge (d) from your raised hand
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is what we measure? (a) time to reach the floor (b) the drop height (c) the kind of paper (d) the length of the blades
17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔮 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
19. 19.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) a ruler (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
22. 22.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
23. 23.True or false: a glass marble falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a balloon (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
25. 25.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a toy parachute (d) a stone
27. 27.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
28. 28.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) it floats up (c) slower (d) faster
29. 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a magnet
30. 30.True or false: a toy parachute falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
32. 32.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
33. 33.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) the crumpled ball (c) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a battery cell
35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.⚖️ 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) time to reach the floor (c) the paper clip
37. 37.🚁 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
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a fluff of cotton
39. 39.True or false: safety scissors is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a pencil (d) a mirror

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