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