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