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.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) thick whipped cream (c) powder (d) clear water
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) melting butter (c) rusting iron (d) baking a cake
- 3.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a timer (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) a balloon
- 4.🧈 Can this change be undone: milk turning to curd? (a) can be undone (b) cannot be undone
- 5.🧈 Which tool is used in many Indian homes to churn curd into butter? (a) a mathani (churner) (b) a sieve (c) a rolling pin (d) a pressure cooker
- 6.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a timer (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a balloon
- 7.True or false: rusting iron is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so air gets out (b) so it turns yellow (c) so it gets hot (d) so cream does not spill
- 9.🧈 Can this change be undone: cooking an egg? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 10.🧈 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
- 11.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 12.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) fresh cream (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a battery cell (d) a bowl
- 13.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 14.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) folding paper (b) baking a cake (c) cooking an egg (d) browning lemon ink
- 15.True or false: a jar with a tight lid is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
- 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.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a balloon (b) yeast (c) cold water to rinse (d) turmeric powder
- 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) melting butter
- 19.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) a bowl (d) a mirror
- 20.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the cream temperature (b) the amount of cream (c) time to make butter (d) the same jar
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a jar with a tight lid (b) a magnet (c) yeast (d) a mirror
- 23.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
- 25.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the amount of cream (b) the cream temperature (c) time to make butter (d) how hard we shake
- 26.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) dissolving salt (c) folding paper (d) melting ice
- 29.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) bubbles of gas (b) lumps of butter (c) clear water only (d) sugar crystals
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: the amount of cream is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) fresh cream (b) cold water to rinse (c) yeast (d) a timer
- 32.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cooking an egg (b) browning lemon ink (c) folding paper (d) rusting iron
- 34.True or false: melting ice is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rusting iron (b) cooking an egg (c) baking a cake (d) freezing water
- 36.⚖️ 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
- 37.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 38.True or false: folding paper is a change that can be undone. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a timer (c) a bowl (d) a jar with a tight lid
- 40.🔮 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
Answer key
- thick whipped cream
- melting butter
- a balloon
- cannot be undone
- a mathani (churner)
- a balloon
- True
- so cream does not spill
- cannot be undone
- fat bits stick together
- not needed
- a battery cell
- not needed
- folding paper
- True
- False
- cold water to rinse
- baking a cake
- a mirror
- the cream temperature
- True
- a jar with a tight lid
- True
- can be undone
- time to make butter
- False
- False
- cooking an egg
- lumps of butter
- False
- yeast
- needed
- folding paper
- True
- freezing water
- False
- not needed
- True
- turmeric powder
- no butter forms
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