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