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