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