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