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: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 2.⚖️ 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
- 3.⚖️ 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
- 4.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is hotter (c) it is heavier (d) it will not break
- 5.True or false: freezing water is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a bowl
- 8.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
- 9.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: a battery cell is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting butter? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 12.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 13.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) fresh cream
- 15.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
- 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting ice
- 20.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) a magnet (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 21.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) browning lemon ink
- 23.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the lid is warm (b) the jar adds butter (c) shaking adds salt (d) fat bits stick together
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) milk turning to curd
- 25.🧺 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 bowl (d) a magnet
- 26.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 27.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it turns pink (c) it makes salt (d) it is much faster
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) milk turning to curd (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
- 29.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) butter lumps (d) ghee
- 30.🛟 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
- 31.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 34.⚖️ 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
- 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) yeast (d) a mirror
- 37.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 39.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) cooking an egg (d) browning lemon ink
- 40.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
Answer key
- False
- the cream temperature
- the amount of cream
- it will not break
- True
- not needed
- a bowl
- time to make butter
- True
- False
- can be undone
- we keep it the same
- False
- yeast
- True
- turmeric powder
- baking a cake
- we change it
- milk turning to curd
- a jar with a tight lid
- not needed
- dissolving salt
- fat bits stick together
- melting ice
- a magnet
- not needed
- it takes much longer
- melting butter
- still runny cream
- so cream does not spill
- True
- needed
- True
- False
- False
- a timer
- False
- needed
- dissolving salt
- needed
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