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.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) butter lumps (c) still runny cream (d) cheese
- 2.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) fresh cream
- 3.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) the jar adds butter (b) shaking adds salt (c) the lid is warm (d) fat bits stick together
- 5.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) clear water (d) powder
- 6.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it takes much longer (c) it is much faster (d) it makes salt
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
- 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: dissolving salt? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 11.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) how hard we shake (b) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream (d) the same jar
- 12.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) browning lemon ink (c) baking a cake (d) rusting iron
- 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 15.True or false: a balloon is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a bowl (c) a mirror (d) a timer
- 17.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
- 19.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) the cream temperature (d) time to make butter
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a timer
- 22.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a timer (d) turmeric powder
- 23.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting ice (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) cooking an egg
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) it turns to cheese (b) more butter forms (c) it turns blue (d) no butter forms
- 29.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 30.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 32.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a mathani (churner) (d) a rolling pin
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) freezing water
- 34.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) browning lemon ink (d) milk turning to curd
- 36.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 37.⚖️ 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
- 38.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) turmeric powder (c) a magnet (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 39.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 40.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
Answer key
- still runny cream
- a mirror
- False
- fat bits stick together
- thick whipped cream
- True
- it takes much longer
- baking a cake
- can be undone
- can be undone
- time to make butter
- False
- melting butter
- can be undone
- False
- a mirror
- freezing water
- folding paper
- the cream temperature
- we keep it the same
- a magnet
- turmeric powder
- False
- False
- not needed
- melting ice
- False
- no butter forms
- not needed
- not needed
- we measure it
- a mathani (churner)
- freezing water
- False
- melting ice
- False
- True
- a jar with a tight lid
- cannot be undone
- not needed
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