Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 866 · 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.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) a wobbly chair (c) a high window ledge (d) from your raised hand
2. 2.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a toy parachute (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a stone
4. 4.True or false: a balloon is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
6. 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a strip of paper (d) yeast
7. 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a ruler (c) a balloon (d) a strip of paper
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
9. 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
10. 10.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
11. 11.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
13. 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) a balloon (c) safety scissors (d) a paper clip
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
15. 15.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the person dropping”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
16. 16.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the kind of paper (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
17. 17.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
18. 18.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) the drop height
21. 21.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
22. 22.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it stays still in air (c) it turns into a ball (d) it flies upward
23. 23.⚖️ 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
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a battery cell (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
25. 25.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) safety scissors (c) sharp kitchen shears (d) gardening shears
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a pencil (c) a paper clip (d) a mirror
27. 27.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) the crumpled ball (c) the flat sheet (d) a sheet of glass
29. 29.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) the wind (b) air pressure (c) gravity (d) magnetism
30. 30.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a paper clip (c) safety scissors (d) a strip of paper
32. 32.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
33. 33.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
34. 34.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
35. 35.🚁 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
36. 36.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the person dropping is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) faster
38. 38.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
39. 39.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a paper helicopter (d) a toy parachute

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