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