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