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.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 3.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) more butter forms (c) no butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
- 4.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) clear water only
- 5.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it gets hot (b) so it turns yellow (c) so cream does not spill (d) so air gets out
- 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a timer (d) a magnet
- 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
- 11.True or false: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) melting butter (d) folding paper
- 14.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 15.⚖️ 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
- 16.🧺 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 battery cell
- 17.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 19.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 21.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 22.⚖️ 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 keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a battery cell (c) yeast (d) turmeric powder
- 26.⚖️ 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
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) a balloon
- 28.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 31.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
- 32.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) time to make butter
- 33.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) buttermilk (c) oil (d) vinegar
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) cooking an egg
- 36.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 37.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
- 38.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it turns pink (d) it is much faster
- 39.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
Answer key
- False
- needed
- no butter forms
- lumps of butter
- so cream does not spill
- a timer
- milk turning to curd
- True
- freezing water
- melting ice
- False
- False
- browning lemon ink
- not needed
- how hard we shake
- a battery cell
- False
- True
- False
- can be undone
- True
- we keep it the same
- False
- False
- a jar with a tight lid
- the cream temperature
- cold water to rinse
- False
- needed
- we measure it
- thick whipped cream
- the same jar
- buttermilk
- False
- melting ice
- not needed
- a mirror
- it takes much longer
- False
- can be undone
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