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