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