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