Butter Making
This Food for America demonstration plan teaches agricultural processing through a hands-on butter-making activity, in which students shake heavy cream in mason jars to produce butter and buttermilk. It helps students understand that processing means taking one raw product and turning it into different usable products. The plan includes an introduction, step-by-step procedures, adaptations for upper elementary, and a concluding discussion.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Students will be able to make butter from cream.
- Students will be able to verbalize that agriculture processing is taking one product and making it into different products.
- Time required
- 20-30 minutes
- Materials
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- One small mason jar with lid for each student
- Heavy cream
- Crackers or bread for tasting
- Unit
- Processing
- Demonstration
- Butter Making (20-30 minutes)