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