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