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