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.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 3.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) dissolving salt (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
- 6.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 7.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a timer (c) fresh cream (d) cold water to rinse
- 10.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
- 12.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
- 14.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) rusting iron (c) melting butter (d) dissolving salt
- 16.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) fat bits stick together (c) the jar adds butter (d) shaking adds salt
- 18.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 19.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) time to make butter (d) the cream temperature
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how hard we shake (b) the same jar (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
- 21.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so air gets out (c) so it gets hot (d) so it turns yellow
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) yeast (c) a timer (d) fresh cream
- 23.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 24.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a magnet (d) a timer
- 25.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 27.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it is much faster (c) it makes salt (d) it turns pink
- 28.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 30.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) freezing water (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
- 34.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.⚖️ 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
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
- 38.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
Answer key
- cannot be undone
- a jar with a tight lid
- can be undone
- we keep it the same
- dissolving salt
- can be undone
- False
- melting ice
- a battery cell
- False
- a mirror
- False
- a battery cell
- False
- rusting iron
- True
- fat bits stick together
- needed
- the cream temperature
- time to make butter
- so cream does not spill
- yeast
- not needed
- a magnet
- not needed
- cannot be undone
- it takes much longer
- False
- we change it
- True
- False
- fresh cream
- cooking an egg
- False
- not needed
- how hard we shake
- a magnet
- needed
- True
- cannot be undone
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