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