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.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 3.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 4.⚖️ 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 same jar (d) the amount of cream
- 5.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is what we measure. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a magnet (d) yeast
- 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a mirror (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
- 8.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) thick whipped cream (c) ice (d) powder
- 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: folding paper? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 10.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) still runny cream (b) cheese (c) ghee (d) butter lumps
- 11.True or false: browning lemon ink is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it takes much longer (b) it makes salt (c) it is much faster (d) it turns pink
- 13.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 15.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 16.⚖️ 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) True (b) False
- 17.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a mirror (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the cream temperature (b) how hard we shake (c) time to make butter
- 19.True or false: a bowl is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) milk turning to curd (d) browning lemon ink
- 21.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
- 23.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: baking a cake? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) dissolving salt
- 26.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) fat bits stick together (c) the lid is warm (d) the jar adds butter
- 27.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 28.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 29.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) freezing water (c) dissolving salt (d) browning lemon ink
- 32.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) browning lemon ink (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) melting butter
- 33.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) cold water to rinse (d) yeast
- 35.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a bowl (c) a battery cell (d) yeast
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the amount of cream”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 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 tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a sieve (c) a rolling pin (d) a mathani (churner)
- 39.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- False
- can be undone
- not needed
- time to make butter
- False
- fresh cream
- a jar with a tight lid
- thick whipped cream
- can be undone
- still runny cream
- True
- it takes much longer
- not needed
- we keep it the same
- not needed
- False
- a mirror
- how hard we shake
- True
- freezing water
- False
- we change it
- False
- cannot be undone
- dissolving salt
- fat bits stick together
- False
- we measure it
- False
- needed
- browning lemon ink
- melting butter
- False
- yeast
- a bowl
- we keep it the same
- True
- a mathani (churner)
- True
- True
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