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 balloon is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) dissolving salt
- 3.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) vinegar (c) buttermilk (d) oil
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) milk turning to curd
- 5.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a balloon (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 6.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) more butter forms (c) it turns to cheese (d) it turns blue
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) cold water to rinse (d) fresh cream
- 8.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) melting ice (d) milk turning to curd
- 9.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) folding paper (b) melting butter (c) melting ice (d) cooking an egg
- 11.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) ghee (c) butter lumps (d) still runny cream
- 12.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 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? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 16.⚖️ 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
- 17.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) yeast (c) a balloon (d) turmeric powder
- 18.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧈 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
- 21.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) cold water to rinse (c) a battery cell (d) turmeric powder
- 22.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) fresh cream (c) cold water to rinse (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 25.True or false: a magnet is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: a mirror is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: turmeric powder is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 29.⚖️ 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) how hard we shake (c) the cream temperature
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) baking a cake
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) milk turning to curd (d) rusting iron
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the cream temperature is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 33.⚖️ 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
- 34.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) bubbles of gas (d) lumps of butter
- 35.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a mirror
- 36.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 37.⚖️ 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
- 38.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the amount of cream (b) time to make butter (c) the cream temperature
- 39.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a bowl
- 40.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) cold water to rinse (d) a magnet
Answer key
- False
- browning lemon ink
- buttermilk
- milk turning to curd
- a jar with a tight lid
- no butter forms
- a battery cell
- milk turning to curd
- the cream temperature
- cooking an egg
- still runny cream
- not needed
- cannot be undone
- the same jar
- True
- False
- a bowl
- False
- True
- a mathani (churner)
- cold water to rinse
- False
- cannot be undone
- a balloon
- True
- True
- True
- True
- how hard we shake
- baking a cake
- melting butter
- False
- False
- lumps of butter
- a mirror
- can be undone
- we keep it the same
- the amount of cream
- a magnet
- a magnet
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