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