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