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