Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 892 · 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.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧺 Do we need yeast for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a glass marble fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
4. 4.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) a paper cutter (c) safety scissors (d) sharp kitchen shears
5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the paper clip is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a coin falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.⚖️ 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
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a pencil (c) a strip of paper (d) safety scissors
9. 9.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
10. 10.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) gravity (c) the wind (d) magnetism
11. 11.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔮 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
13. 13.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a mirror (d) a strip of paper
14. 14.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) faster (b) it stops in the air (c) slower (d) it floats up
17. 17.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a steel spoon (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
18. 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) safety scissors (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a feather (c) a glass marble (d) a steel spoon
20. 20.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a feather (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a glass marble
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the drop height is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a magnet
23. 23.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
25. 25.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a paper clip (d) a pencil
27. 27.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) it has no weight (b) a magnet holds it (c) the floor pushes it (d) air pushes on its blades
28. 28.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔮 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
31. 31.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
32. 32.⚖️ 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
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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
34. 34.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the drop height”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
35. 35.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
36. 36.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
37. 37.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it spins round (c) it turns into a ball (d) it stays still in air
38. 38.⚖️ 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 paper clip
39. 39.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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