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