Shake Before Use - Experiment

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Some cakes have whipped cream as topping. This kind of cream is usually quite firm. You can also buy liquid cream in the supermarket. What happens if you shake this?

Materials

  • 125 ml liquid unwhipped cream
  • jar with lid
  • 15 minutes

Step by step

  • Step 1. remove the lid from the jar
  • Step 2. put the cream in the jar
  • Step 3. put the lid back on the jar
  • Question 1. What do you think that will happen, when you shake the jar?
  • Step 4. shake the jar fast for several minutes
  • Question 2. What has happened?
  • Question 3. Why do you think that this happened?