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