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