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