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