Looking for a fun, practicalkitchen science experiment?
Kids will have fun learning about the science behind thisscience project.
Plus dont forget to grab the freemaking butter experiment worksheetto add to your learning!
Butter in a jar experiment
Science is everywhere.
I say it all the time, because it is true.
One of the best places in your home to find science in action is your kitchen.
Cooking and baking requires chemistry.
Eating and digestion requires biology.
Many of the foods we eat are created by using principles of chemistry.
Butter is one of them.
Butter is created from cream.
Cream is basically milk with a high fat content.
This glob of fat is butter and the liquid is called buttermilk.
Lets learn how to make butter and then well take a closer look at the science behind it.
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Now, you are ready to shake!
Making Butter Experiment
Now its time to shake and shake and shake!
You should start to see a little ball forming.
When it seems to stop growing and the liquid looks thin, you are done!
Note how long this process takes.
How to make butter science experiment
Take the butter out of the jar.
The remaining liquid is buttermilk.
Does it taste like the butter you buy from the store?
Regular butter has added salt.
So your butter might taste a little different unless you use unsalted butter in your home.
Refrigerate any leftover butter.
You might be asking, What keeps the fat from sticking together all the time?
Small amounts of fat cells in cream and milk are held together by a tight membrane.
Under normal conditions, these membranes keep fat cells from grouping together to form large globs.
This frees the fat cells to clump together to form large globs and finally a large clump of butter.
