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