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