STEP 1 MATERIALS - Making Butter 3rd & 4th class

How to make butter

Firstly, we divided the class into 7 groups of five children. We listed our equipment, and made a prediction as to how long we thought it would take to shake the jars before the cream would turn to butter. We measured 250 ml of double cream into the measuring jug and we poured it into the jam jars. We set the timer at 20 minutes on the board and we shook and shook to our hearts content. We discovered the jars with the smaller amounts of cream turned into butter quicker. As the groups finished they took note of their finishing time. We then poured off the excess liquid and we put the butter into the fridge for 30 minutes. Each group got to taste their butter with crackers. They all had a fantastic time. The only trouble was that we ran out of crackers.
!!!!We then wrote up our results and conclusion.

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