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) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) melting butter
- 2.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
- 3.True or false: yeast is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) powder (b) thick whipped cream (c) ice (d) clear water
- 5.🧺 Do we need a bowl for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 7.⚖️ 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 measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 8.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) clear water only (b) sugar crystals (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
- 9.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 11.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) a magnet (c) a bowl (d) a mirror
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) freezing water
- 13.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 14.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a sieve (b) a pressure cooker (c) a rolling pin (d) a mathani (churner)
- 15.🔮 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
- 16.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 17.⚖️ 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) time to make butter (c) the amount of cream (d) the same jar
- 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) rusting iron (c) baking a cake (d) melting butter
- 19.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) cooking an egg
- 20.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a balloon (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
- 21.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting butter (b) folding paper (c) browning lemon ink (d) dissolving salt
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter
- 23.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) cold water to rinse (c) fresh cream (d) a battery cell
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
- 25.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) fresh cream (c) a bowl (d) turmeric powder
- 26.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) fat bits stick together (c) the jar adds butter (d) the lid is warm
- 27.⚖️ 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
- 28.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 29.⚖️ 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
- 30.⚖️ 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
- 31.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a battery cell (b) turmeric powder (c) a timer (d) yeast
- 32.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 33.🧺 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) a timer
- 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) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: cold water to rinse is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) how hard we shake (b) the amount of cream (c) the same jar (d) the cream temperature
- 37.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) yeast (b) fresh cream (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) freezing water (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) melting butter
- 39.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- baking a cake
- so cream does not spill
- True
- thick whipped cream
- needed
- needed
- we keep it the same
- lumps of butter
- False
- not needed
- a bowl
- freezing water
- cannot be undone
- a mathani (churner)
- it takes much longer
- False
- time to make butter
- melting butter
- melting ice
- a balloon
- browning lemon ink
- the same jar
- a battery cell
- melting ice
- turmeric powder
- fat bits stick together
- True
- False
- False
- we keep it the same
- a timer
- cannot be undone
- a mirror
- True
- True
- the cream temperature
- yeast
- rusting iron
- False
- False
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