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Making Butter Science Investigation
At the food bank, Isla, Tane and Wiremu are testing how cream changes when it is shaken. With an adult, use a clean, sealed jar with a little cream inside. Shake it, pause to look and listen, and record what happens. Do not taste the butter during the investigation.
Before you shake
Think about what the cream will look and feel like after shaking.
1.Make a prediction: What do you think will happen to the cream after it is shaken for several minutes? Give one reason for your idea.
2.Before shaking, describe the cream. Choose the best pair of words.
- Thick and solid
- Runny and liquid
- Dry and crumbly
- Hard and frozen
Observe the changes
Shake the jar with an adult. Stop safely to check what is happening at different times.
3.Record one change you noticed while shaking. Include what you saw, heard or felt when the jar was stopped.
4.At the end, the jar has butter lumps and a thinner liquid. What is the thinner liquid called?
- Buttermilk
- Honey
- Water vapour
- Oil
5.Match each stage to what you might observe.
- At the start
- While shaking
- At the end
- Cream becomes thicker
- Runny cream
- Butter lumps and liquid separate
6.True or false: Shaking the cream helps the tiny fat droplets join together to make butter.
TrueFalse
7.Choose two words that could describe freshly made butter.
- Soft and lumpy
- Runny and clear
- Hard and dry
- Fizzy and foamy
8.How could you make this investigation a fair test if you wanted to compare two jars? Name one thing you would keep the same.
9.Explain what happened to the cream during the investigation. Use the words shaking, butter and liquid in your answer.
10.One jar was shaken for one minute and another for five minutes. What would be a useful observation to compare between the jars?
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