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