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