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