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