Tornados

  • Exploratory Opener

    Make a Tornado in a Bottle (Learn how to make a tornado in a bottle.)

    Tornado tubes can also be purchased from craft stores.

    • Observe how the tornado starts and how long it takes to disappear.  What can you do to make the tornado keep spinning? 
    • How is what you have created related to an actual tornado?
    • What makes this tornado easier to see?  What makes an actual tornado easier to see?
    • Which direction is your tornado spinning? Can you make it spin the other direction? Do real tornadoes spin a certain direction? 

    Tornado in a Bottle

    Wind Map

  • eBooks

     

    Terrifying Tornadoes

    Spilsbury, Louise, and Richard Spilsbury. Terrifying Tornadoes. Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2012. Web.

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    Aboff, Marcy. Tornadoes! Capstone Publishing, 2013. Web. 

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    MURRAY, JULIE. Tornadoes. Dash!, 2017. EBSCOhost, Web.

  • Digital Resource Articles

     

    “Tornadoes” Science. Capstone, PebbleGo 2017. Web. 20 Oct. 2018

      

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    "Tornado." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2018. Accessed 19 Oct. 2018.

     

    "Tornado." Britannica Escolar, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 ago. 2018. Consultado el 19 oct. 2018.

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    Greenberg, Glenn. "Safe in the Storm." Scholastic News 3 (Vol.63, No.20), Apr. 2007, pp. 2+. SIRS Discoverer, 19 Oct. 2018.

     

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    "A New Twist." WR News Edition 4-6, Mar. 2012, pp. 4+. SIRS Discoverer, 19 Oct. 2018.

  • Videos

     

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    Weather Smart: Tornadoes Metstorm, 2001 . Full Video. Discovery Education. Web. 16 Oct.2018.

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    KnoWhat2Do. Tornado. Vimeo. Web. 15 Oct. 2018.

     

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    "Tornadoes" FWD Media. BrainPOP. Web. 15 Oct. 2018.

     

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    "Tornados" FWD Media. BrainPOP Espanol. Web. 15 Oct. 2018.

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  • Websites

     

    American Red Cross

    "Tornado Safety Tips." American Red Cross. 2018. Web. 19 oct. 2018.

     

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    "Weather Watch: Tornadoes." Scholastic.com | Online Activities: Weather Watch. Web. 19 Oct. 2018.

      

    Wicker, Crystal. "Tornadoes." Weather Wiz Kids: Weather Information for Kids. Web. 18 Oct. 2018.

     

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    "Tornadoes." National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Web. 12 Oct. 2017