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