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? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the same jar (b) the cream temperature (c) how hard we shake (d) the amount of cream
- 2.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) turmeric powder (c) cold water to rinse (d) a timer
- 4.🛟 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
- 5.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 6.True or false: fresh cream is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧈 Can this change be undone: rusting iron? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) folding paper (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
- 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a mirror (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) cold water to rinse
- 10.🔮 Predict: you shake skimmed milk (with almost no cream) instead. What happens? (a) no butter forms (b) it turns blue (c) more butter forms (d) it turns to cheese
- 11.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) folding paper
- 12.🧺 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 bowl (d) yeast
- 13.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting ice (b) browning lemon ink (c) cooking an egg (d) rusting iron
- 14.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) cold water to rinse (c) a balloon (d) fresh cream
- 15.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) a magnet (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a bowl
- 17.⚖️ 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
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) rusting iron (d) melting ice
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cold water to rinse (b) fresh cream (c) a battery cell (d) a timer
- 20.True or false: a balloon is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) thick whipped cream (b) ice (c) powder (d) clear water
- 22.True or false: fresh cream is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) melting ice (b) cooking an egg (c) melting butter (d) freezing water
- 24.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) ghee (b) cheese (c) still runny cream (d) butter lumps
- 25.⚖️ 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
- 26.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 27.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) lumps of butter (c) clear water only (d) bubbles of gas
- 28.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) dissolving salt (c) rusting iron (d) browning lemon ink
- 29.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a pressure cooker (b) a mathani (churner) (c) a sieve (d) a rolling pin
- 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) rusting iron (c) milk turning to curd (d) baking a cake
- 31.🧺 Do we need turmeric powder for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 32.True or false: a bowl is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🧺 Do we need cold water to rinse for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 35.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 36.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) buttermilk (b) oil (c) honey (d) vinegar
- 37.🧺 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) a bowl (d) a balloon
- 38.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) melting ice (c) freezing water (d) dissolving salt
- 39.True or false: folding paper is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: milk turning to curd is a change that cannot be undone. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- the cream temperature
- False
- turmeric powder
- so cream does not spill
- needed
- True
- cannot be undone
- cooking an egg
- a mirror
- no butter forms
- folding paper
- yeast
- melting ice
- a balloon
- False
- a magnet
- how hard we shake
- melting ice
- a battery cell
- True
- thick whipped cream
- False
- cooking an egg
- still runny cream
- we keep it the same
- cannot be undone
- lumps of butter
- dissolving salt
- a mathani (churner)
- melting butter
- not needed
- False
- True
- needed
- not needed
- buttermilk
- a balloon
- milk turning to curd
- False
- True
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