Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 954 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a glass marble (d) a feather
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) sharp kitchen shears (b) safety scissors (c) gardening shears (d) a paper cutter
3. 3.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a paper helicopter (c) a stone (d) a coin
5. 5.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a fluff of cotton (c) a feather (d) a stone
6. 6.🔮 A flat sheet and a crumpled ball of the same paper drop together. Which lands first? (a) the flat sheet (b) a sheet of glass (c) neither of them (d) the crumpled ball
7. 7.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a paper clip (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
9. 9.🔮 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
10. 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) safety scissors (b) a magnet (c) a strip of paper (d) a paper clip
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the person dropping (b) the length of the blades (c) time to reach the floor
14. 14.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.📘 What pulls the paper helicopter down to the floor? (a) air pressure (b) the wind (c) magnetism (d) gravity
16. 16.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) turmeric powder (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) a pencil
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a feather
18. 18.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) safety scissors (c) a strip of paper (d) a magnet
19. 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a strip of paper (b) safety scissors (c) a mirror (d) a paper clip
20. 20.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a toy parachute fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
21. 21.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the kind of paper (b) the person dropping (c) time to reach the floor (d) the length of the blades
22. 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a ruler (b) turmeric powder (c) a paper clip (d) safety scissors
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.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.⚖️ 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 kind of paper (c) the person dropping (d) the length of the blades
26. 26.True or false: a steel spoon falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a paper helicopter falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) magnetism (b) air resistance (c) floating (d) dissolving
30. 30.True or false: yeast is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🚁 What does the paper helicopter do as it falls? (a) it spins round (b) it flies upward (c) it turns into a ball (d) it stays still in air
32. 32.True or false: a coin falls slowly through the air. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? What do we do with “the kind of paper”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
34. 34.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a coin (b) a stone (c) a steel spoon (d) a paper helicopter
35. 35.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a battery cell (b) a balloon (c) a magnet (d) a paper clip
37. 37.True or false: a steel spoon falls fast through the air. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧺 Do we need a ruler for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
39. 39.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
40. 40.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed

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