Butter Making Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Shake till it clumps): 1. Fill the jar only one-third full of fresh cream. 2. Screw the lid on tightly. 3. Shake hard, taking turns, for 10–15 minutes. 4. When lumps form, pour off the buttermilk and rinse the butter in cold water.
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- 1.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
- 2.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a rolling pin (d) a mathani (churner)
- 3.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 4.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) the amount of cream
- 6.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) rusting iron (c) baking a cake (d) folding paper
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) a bowl
- 8.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) a battery cell (c) a mirror (d) a bowl
- 9.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it is heavier (b) it is hotter (c) it will not break (d) it is magnetic
- 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so air gets out (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
- 16.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it is much faster (b) it takes much longer (c) it makes salt (d) it turns pink
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
- 18.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) no butter forms (d) it turns blue
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
- 21.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 22.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
- 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a timer (d) a mirror
- 24.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) turmeric powder (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
- 28.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a timer
- 29.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
- 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) cooking an egg (c) folding paper (d) dissolving salt
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the same jar
- 32.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) how hard we shake (d) the amount of cream
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) baking a cake (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
- 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 37.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 38.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream
- 40.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
Answer key
- fresh cream
- a mathani (churner)
- we measure it
- still runny cream
- the cream temperature
- folding paper
- a balloon
- a bowl
- False
- a mirror
- False
- it will not break
- cannot be undone
- True
- so cream does not spill
- it takes much longer
- rusting iron
- False
- no butter forms
- yeast
- needed
- freezing water
- a mirror
- True
- True
- True
- a jar with a tight lid
- a timer
- melting ice
- cooking an egg
- the same jar
- False
- time to make butter
- True
- folding paper
- cannot be undone
- can be undone
- turmeric powder
- the amount of cream
- can be undone
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