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