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