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