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