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