Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 903 · 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.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a feather fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
2. 2.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the crumpled ball (b) the flat sheet (c) neither of them (d) a sheet of glass
3. 3.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a strip of paper (b) a ruler (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
5. 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a ruler (b) a mirror (c) a balloon (d) yeast
6. 6.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) gardening shears (b) sharp kitchen shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
7. 7.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it falls upward (b) it spins the other way (c) it does not fall (d) it turns blue
8. 8.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
9. 9.⚖️ 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
10. 10.⚖️ 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 drop height (d) the length of the blades
11. 11.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) floating (b) magnetism (c) dissolving (d) air resistance
12. 12.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
14. 14.True or false: a stone falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) magnetism (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) gravity
16. 16.🚁 Why does the paper helicopter fall slowly? (a) air pushes on its blades (b) a magnet holds it (c) it has no weight (d) the floor pushes it
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: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧺 Do we need a mirror for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a magnet (d) a ruler
21. 21.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a coin (c) a stone (d) an open sheet of paper
22. 22.True or false: a feather falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) turmeric powder (c) safety scissors (d) a pencil
24. 24.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a roof edge (b) from your raised hand (c) a wobbly chair (d) a high window ledge
25. 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a battery cell
26. 26.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it turns into a ball (b) it spins round (c) it flies upward (d) it stays still in air
27. 27.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a feather (d) a coin
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.⚖️ 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
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
31. 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
32. 32.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it floats up (b) slower (c) it stops in the air (d) faster
33. 33.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a strip of paper (c) a balloon (d) a ruler
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
36. 36.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a glass marble (c) a coin (d) a crumpled paper ball
37. 37.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coin (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a stone (d) a steel spoon
39. 39.⚖️ 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 drop height
40. 40.🧺 Do we need safety scissors for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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