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: melting butter is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a battery cell (d) a bowl
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 5.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 6.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a timer (d) yeast
- 10.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) butter lumps (c) ghee (d) still runny cream
- 11.⚖️ 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
- 12.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) freezing water (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
- 13.⚖️ 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) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
- 14.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 15.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) yeast (d) fresh cream
- 16.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) vinegar (b) honey (c) oil (d) buttermilk
- 17.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so cream does not spill (c) so it gets hot (d) so it turns yellow
- 18.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) cold water to rinse
- 19.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
- 20.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we measure it
- 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) dissolving salt
- 22.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 23.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 24.⚖️ 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
- 25.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) browning lemon ink (d) folding paper
- 26.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) cooking an egg (d) freezing water
- 27.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a timer (c) a battery cell (d) cold water to rinse
- 29.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) no butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) more butter forms
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a mirror
- 32.⚖️ 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
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream
- 35.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) ice (c) thick whipped cream (d) clear water
- 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 37.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 40.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
Answer key
- False
- a bowl
- we change it
- can be undone
- cannot be undone
- False
- a balloon
- False
- yeast
- still runny cream
- the cream temperature
- rusting iron
- time to make butter
- not needed
- yeast
- buttermilk
- so cream does not spill
- cold water to rinse
- it takes much longer
- we keep it the same
- dissolving salt
- needed
- True
- True
- browning lemon ink
- freezing water
- False
- a battery cell
- True
- no butter forms
- a mirror
- the same jar
- True
- the amount of cream
- thick whipped cream
- cannot be undone
- True
- False
- not needed
- needed
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