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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a balloon (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a timer (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) a balloon
- 4.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of cream (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
- 5.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns blue (b) it turns to cheese (c) more butter forms (d) no butter forms
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) folding paper (c) melting butter (d) rusting iron
- 7.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) rusting iron (d) milk turning to curd
- 8.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) fat bits stick together (c) shaking adds salt (d) the lid is warm
- 9.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 10.⚖️ 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 change it (c) we keep it the same
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) time to make butter (b) the amount of cream (c) the same jar (d) the cream temperature
- 12.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a bowl (c) a magnet (d) a mirror
- 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) turmeric powder
- 15.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so cream does not spill (b) so air gets out (c) so it turns yellow (d) so it gets hot
- 16.⚖️ 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 same jar (c) the cream temperature
- 17.True or false: baking a cake is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 19.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) rusting iron
- 23.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is magnetic (b) it is hotter (c) it will not break (d) it is heavier
- 24.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.⚖️ 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) False (b) True
- 27.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) buttermilk (c) vinegar (d) oil
- 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) dissolving salt (c) melting butter (d) cooking an egg
- 29.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🧺 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 mirror
- 31.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
- 33.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a bowl (c) fresh cream (d) yeast
- 34.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) dissolving salt
- 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 37.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 39.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 40.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) yeast (d) a battery cell
Answer key
- can be undone
- a balloon
- a balloon
- time to make butter
- no butter forms
- rusting iron
- dissolving salt
- fat bits stick together
- True
- we change it
- the cream temperature
- a bowl
- can be undone
- turmeric powder
- so cream does not spill
- the same jar
- True
- cannot be undone
- False
- True
- needed
- rusting iron
- it will not break
- True
- True
- False
- buttermilk
- cooking an egg
- False
- a mirror
- False
- turmeric powder
- yeast
- False
- milk turning to curd
- cannot be undone
- True
- cannot be undone
- not needed
- a jar with a tight lid
Free science experiments lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/science-experiments-for-kids