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