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.⚖️ 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) the cream temperature (d) the same jar
- 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 3.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 4.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
- 6.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) a magnet
- 7.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) time to make butter (b) the cream temperature (c) the amount of cream
- 9.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a timer
- 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) milk turning to curd
- 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a balloon
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of cream (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the same jar
- 14.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 16.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 17.⚖️ 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
- 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) melting ice (c) dissolving salt (d) baking a cake
- 19.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 20.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) no butter forms (c) more butter forms (d) it turns blue
- 23.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) a timer (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 24.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) shaking adds salt (c) fat bits stick together (d) the lid is warm
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) dissolving salt
- 26.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
- 28.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 30.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) browning lemon ink (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) melting ice (d) freezing water
- 36.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
Answer key
- the cream temperature
- can be undone
- False
- False
- a mirror
- a magnet
- not needed
- the amount of cream
- True
- yeast
- milk turning to curd
- a balloon
- time to make butter
- still runny cream
- True
- we keep it the same
- True
- baking a cake
- not needed
- needed
- False
- no butter forms
- a battery cell
- fat bits stick together
- dissolving salt
- False
- a mirror
- True
- cannot be undone
- True
- browning lemon ink
- yeast
- True
- can be undone
- cooking an egg
- needed
- needed
- False
- False
- melting butter
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