Animated Lessons
Tornado
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Tornado in a Bottle - How long does it take to empty a soda bottle full of water? You'll amaze your dinner guests and explore some of the scientific properties of air and water when you learn how to empty a full bottle of water in just a few seconds! (Y, M, O, T)
Internet Field Trip:Hurricanes and Tornadoes - Includes resources written in Spanish and a field trip log. Grade 4 (Y)
Wonders of Weather - Tornados - Tornado in a bottle and other hands on ideas for learning about Tornados.Grades 6-8 (M)
Tornado in a Bottle - In this lab, you will be able to see what a tornado looks like on a very small scale. This experiment shows water moving through a small hole in a manner that simulates the spiraling behavior of the tail of the tornado. From Knight Foundation Summer Institute. Grades 5-8. (M)
Tornado in a Bottle - A watery twister that's actually a whirlpool! From Zoom - activities from the show! (Y)
How to make a tornado in a bottle - All Science Fair Projects. Middle school Grades 6-8 (M)
Vortex - Whirling water creates a tornado in a bottle. - Water forms a spiraling, funnel-shaped vortex as it drains from a 2-liter soda bottle. From Exploratorium. (Y, M, O, T)
Make a Tornado - From Weather Whiz Kids (Y, M, O, T)
Making a homemade tornado - Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab (Y, M, O, T)
Tornadoes - from FEMA (M,O)
Hurricanes - the how and why of hurricanes and tornadoes from BBC (Y, M, O, T)
Tornadoes - How tornadoes are formed, classifications of tornadoes, safety tips, forecasts, and the most devasting tornadoes are found on this thinkquest. (Y, M, O, T)
Fujita scale - an explanation of the scale used to rate the intensity of a tornado by examining the damage caused by the tornado after it has passed over a man-made structure. (Y, M, O, T)
Kid's Guide to Tornadoes and Preventing Disaster Damage - By FEMA for kids (Y, M, O, T)
Tornado Quiz - By FEMA for kids (Y, M, O, T)
Tornado and Severe Weather - Look at current weather watch maps, learn about tornado chasers, find out about shelters, watch tornado videos, and more (Y, M, O, T)
All About Tornadoes - From the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) (Y, M, O, T)
Tornado Quiz - from Discovery Channel (Y, M, O, T)
What Causes a Tornado - KidsStorm site with explanations of tornadoes and links to information about other natural disasters (Y, M, O, T)
Tornado Project Online - Large site with general information as well as specific facts on recent and historical tornadoes (Y, M, O, T)
Tornado Emergency Preparedness & Response - From CDC (Y, M, O, T)
Create a Tornado Expirement - By eduScapes (Y, M, O, T)
Make a Tornado - By Web Weather for Kids (Y, M, O, T)
FEMA for kids - Tornadoes - Includes first hand stories from kids living witnessing tornadoes (Y, M, O, T)
The Dynamic Earth - Lesson plan for grades 3-8 on earthquakes and volcanoes (Y,M)
Tornadoes from how stuff works - Take a look at tornadoes to learn what they are, how they form and just how powerful they can be. (Y,M)
