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