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