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