Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 921 · 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 fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it turns blue (b) it does not fall (c) it spins the other way (d) it falls upward
2. 2.True or false: an open sheet of paper falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a balloon is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a paper clip (b) a battery cell (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
5. 5.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the paper clip”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
6. 6.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it flies upward (b) it turns into a ball (c) it spins round (d) it stays still in air
7. 7.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a coin
9. 9.🧺 Do we need a balloon for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
10. 10.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) gravity (b) air pressure (c) the wind (d) magnetism
11. 11.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
12. 12.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) a battery cell
13. 13.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) gardening shears (c) a paper cutter (d) safety scissors
14. 14.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a stone fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
15. 15.🧺 Do we need a paper clip for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
16. 16.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a coin (c) a glass marble (d) an open sheet of paper
17. 17.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we change it
19. 19.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a toy parachute (b) a feather (c) a paper helicopter (d) a stone
20. 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) safety scissors (c) a paper clip (d) a strip of paper
21. 21.True or false: a ruler is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a strip of paper is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a steel spoon (b) a feather (c) a coin (d) a stone
24. 24.⚖️ 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
25. 25.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
26. 26.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) turmeric powder (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
27. 27.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a strip of paper (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
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 change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a feather (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a paper helicopter (d) a toy parachute
30. 30.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it fall slower (b) to stop the spinning (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to make it magnetic
31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: time to reach the floor is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.⚖️ 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
33. 33.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does an open sheet of paper fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
34. 34.🔮 Predict: you add two more paper clips. How does it fall? (a) it stops in the air (b) faster (c) slower (d) it floats up
35. 35.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
36. 36.True or false: a stone falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) turmeric powder (d) safety scissors
38. 38.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a steel spoon (c) a feather (d) a stone
39. 39.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) yeast (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
40. 40.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) neither of them (b) a sheet of glass (c) the crumpled ball (d) the flat sheet

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