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