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