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