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