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