Paper Helicopter STEM Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 8: Paper helicopter · Set 976 · 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) faster (b) slower (c) it floats up (d) it stops in the air
2. 2.🛟 Which scissors should children use to cut the paper? (a) a paper cutter (b) gardening shears (c) safety scissors (d) sharp kitchen shears
3. 3.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the kind of paper is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a mirror (b) a strip of paper (c) a pencil (d) safety scissors
5. 5.🔮 Predict: you fold the two blades the other way. What changes? (a) it spins the other way (b) it turns blue (c) it does not fall (d) it falls upward
6. 6.True or false: a fluff of cotton falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a paper clip (b) a balloon (c) a pencil (d) a strip of paper
8. 8.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a crumpled paper ball fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
9. 9.📘 What is the push of air on a falling thing called? (a) dissolving (b) magnetism (c) air resistance (d) floating
10. 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a pencil (b) yeast (c) safety scissors (d) a ruler
11. 11.⚖️ 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
12. 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a magnet (b) yeast (c) a ruler (d) a balloon
13. 13.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a fluff of cotton fall slowly or fast? (a) falls slowly (b) falls fast
14. 14.⚖️ 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 paper clip (c) the person dropping (d) the drop height
15. 15.🚁 Dropped from a raised hand, does a coin fall slowly or fast? (a) falls fast (b) falls slowly
16. 16.🛟 Where is a safe place to drop the helicopter from? (a) a wobbly chair (b) from your raised hand (c) a high window ledge (d) a roof edge
17. 17.True or false: a crumpled paper ball falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a paper helicopter (b) a glass marble (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a feather
19. 19.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a feather (b) a paper helicopter (c) an open sheet of paper (d) a coin
20. 20.True or false: a paper helicopter falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧺 Do we need a strip of paper for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a toy parachute (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a stone
23. 23.🔮 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) a sheet of glass (d) neither of them
24. 24.🚁 Why do we clip a paper clip to the bottom of the helicopter? (a) to make it magnetic (b) to make it fall slower (c) to weigh down the bottom (d) to stop the spinning
25. 25.True or false: a mirror is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a crumpled paper ball (b) a steel spoon (c) a fluff of cotton (d) a glass marble
27. 27.True or false: a glass marble falls slowly through the air. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we change it
29. 29.⚖️ Fair test — do longer blades make the paper helicopter fall more slowly? True or false: the length of the blades is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for the paper helicopter? (a) not needed (b) needed
31. 31.True or false: a toy parachute falls fast through the air. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for the paper helicopter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a paper clip (c) a ruler (d) a strip of paper
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a glass marble (b) a crumpled paper ball (c) a coin (d) a paper helicopter
34. 34.🧺 Do we need a magnet for the paper helicopter? (a) needed (b) not needed
35. 35.🚁 Which of these falls slowly through the air? (a) a steel spoon (b) an open sheet of paper (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a glass marble
36. 36.🚁 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
37. 37.🚁 Which of these falls fast through the air? (a) a fluff of cotton (b) a toy parachute (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) an open sheet of paper
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an open sheet of paper (b) a paper helicopter (c) a crumpled paper ball (d) a fluff of cotton
39. 39.True or false: a ruler is not needed for the paper helicopter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for the paper helicopter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a strip of paper

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