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