Scuola dell’Infanzia “P.Guarneri”

Direzione Didattica di Palazzolo sull’Oglio

Brescia - Italy

LABORATORY: SCIENCE IN THE KITCHEN

Anno scolastico 2011/2012

Multilateral School Partnership Project

“Little Europeans know each other”

2011-1-TR1-COM06-24259-1

Making butter is simple, fast and fun.

The activity is very useful to help children

understand what has made the milk and the

relationship between milk and dairy products.

It is an experience in nutrition education, with the flavor of

the scientific experiment.

Ingredients and materials

* 250 ml of cream

* A jar

* A little ball

* A bowl of very cold water

Process:

We put the ball into the jar and then we put the cream.

We close very well and begin to shake vigorously up and

down.

After ten minutes, we don’t hear neither the noise of the

liquid nor the little ball inside the container, we made the whipped

cream.

After five minutes we heard a new change, as if into the jar there

was something solid. And now we hear again the noise of the ball.

We open: the fat of the cream was separated from the whey.

We put the content of the jar in cold water and eliminate the ball.

Using both hands, we collect the solid part and we squeeze it.

The butter is ready to spread on bread for a simple snack.