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