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