Butter Making Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Shake till it clumps): 1. Fill the jar only one-third full of fresh cream. 2. Screw the lid on tightly. 3. Shake hard, taking turns, for 10–15 minutes. 4. When lumps form, pour off the buttermilk and rinse the butter in cold water.
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- 1.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
- 2.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so air gets out (c) so it turns yellow (d) so cream does not spill
- 3.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns to cheese (c) more butter forms (d) it turns blue
- 4.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of cream (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) butter lumps (c) cheese (d) still runny cream
- 8.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a mirror (c) a magnet (d) fresh cream
- 13.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 15.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) turmeric powder (d) a timer
- 17.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is hotter (c) it will not break (d) it is heavier
- 18.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a battery cell (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) cold water to rinse
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 21.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
- 24.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) cooking an egg (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
- 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
- 27.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) honey (c) buttermilk (d) vinegar
- 28.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) a battery cell
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) folding paper (c) freezing water (d) melting butter
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 32.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it makes salt (c) it takes much longer (d) it turns pink
- 33.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
- 36.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how hard we shake (b) the same jar (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
- 40.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter
Answer key
- folding paper
- so cream does not spill
- no butter forms
- a balloon
- the amount of cream
- False
- still runny cream
- False
- not needed
- yeast
- True
- fresh cream
- True
- we keep it the same
- cannot be undone
- turmeric powder
- it will not break
- cannot be undone
- a battery cell
- False
- not needed
- we measure it
- a mirror
- melting butter
- a jar with a tight lid
- browning lemon ink
- buttermilk
- cannot be undone
- a timer
- cooking an egg
- we keep it the same
- it takes much longer
- True
- True
- a balloon
- thick whipped cream
- folding paper
- the cream temperature
- rusting iron
- how hard we shake
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