Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 875 · 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.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) it floats up (c) faster (d) slower
2. 2.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) safety scissors (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) sharp kitchen shears
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
5. 5.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
6. 6.True or false: a pencil is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a magnet is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a stone (c) a glass marble (d) a crumpled paper ball
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a steel spoon
10. 10.⚖️ 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
11. 11.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it stays still in air (b) it flies upward (c) it turns into a ball (d) it spins round
14. 14.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a paper helicopter fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
16. 16.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
17. 17.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
18. 18.🚁 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 fall slower (d) to make it magnetic
19. 19.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) a feather
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a toy parachute (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a glass marble
23. 23.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
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 keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
25. 25.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a steel spoon (d) a toy parachute
26. 26.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it does not fall (b) it falls upward (c) it spins the other way (d) it turns blue
27. 27.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the drop height (b) the length of the blades (c) the kind of paper (d) time to reach the floor
29. 29.⚖️ 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
30. 30.🛟 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
31. 31.True or false: a magnet is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a toy parachute (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
33. 33.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) a sheet of glass (b) the flat sheet (c) the crumpled ball (d) neither of them
34. 34.True or false: a paper clip is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) floating (c) air resistance (d) dissolving
36. 36.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) safety scissors (c) turmeric powder (d) a strip of paper
40. 40.⚖️ 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) the drop height (c) time to reach the floor

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