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