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