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