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