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