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 jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) yeast (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
- 4.True or false: cooking an egg is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) still runny cream (c) cheese (d) butter lumps
- 6.🛟 Why is a plastic jar a good choice for shaking? (a) it will not break (b) it is heavier (c) it is magnetic (d) it is hotter
- 7.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) the same jar (d) time to make butter
- 8.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a balloon (c) fresh cream (d) a timer
- 9.🧺 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) a battery cell
- 10.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) browning lemon ink (d) baking a cake
- 12.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) clear water only (c) lumps of butter (d) bubbles of gas
- 13.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) cold water to rinse (b) a mirror (c) turmeric powder (d) a balloon
- 15.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 16.🧈 Can this change be undone: melting ice? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the same jar is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🧈 Why does shaking cream make butter? (a) shaking adds salt (b) the lid is warm (c) fat bits stick together (d) the jar adds butter
- 19.True or false: baking a cake is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧈 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)
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we change it (c) we measure it
- 22.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 23.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 24.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “how hard we shake”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) melting ice
- 26.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 27.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) yeast (b) fresh cream (c) a magnet (d) turmeric powder
- 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) rusting iron (b) browning lemon ink (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) melting butter (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) freezing water
- 30.True or false: melting ice is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: a mirror is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dissolving salt (b) melting ice (c) milk turning to curd (d) melting butter
- 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
- 34.⚖️ 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
- 35.⚖️ 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 amount of cream (c) time to make butter
- 36.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) oil (b) honey (c) vinegar (d) buttermilk
- 37.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: rusting iron is a change that can be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) clear water (b) ice (c) thick whipped cream (d) powder
Answer key
- True
- can be undone
- yeast
- True
- still runny cream
- it will not break
- time to make butter
- a balloon
- a battery cell
- cannot be undone
- melting ice
- lumps of butter
- False
- cold water to rinse
- not needed
- can be undone
- True
- fat bits stick together
- False
- a mathani (churner)
- we keep it the same
- needed
- False
- we keep it the same
- cooking an egg
- needed
- fresh cream
- melting butter
- rusting iron
- False
- False
- milk turning to curd
- baking a cake
- we keep it the same
- the amount of cream
- buttermilk
- True
- False
- False
- thick whipped cream
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