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