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