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