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