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