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