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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tornado

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain how a tornado is formed and what a tornado does.
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 5 5 14: 2014 u.s Tornado Season Has Begun

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about tornado season and what areas have already been impacted.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Earth Sciences: Twistin' Tornado

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing a tornado straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this Bill Nye interactive lesson.
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Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Tornadoes Teaching Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this teaching box are resources to help students learn why and where tornadoes happen and how these weather events impact people's lives.
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Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Tornadoes, Nature's Most Violent Storms

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, put out by the National Weather Service, thoroughly explains the causes and types of tornadoes. Tornado safety is covered in the form of warning signs and what you can do to stay safe both in school and at home. The full...
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Website
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Tornado Alley

For Students 9th - 10th
A site put together by the University of Colorado on Tornado Alley. This site examines information available on the Web and helps students navigate through responsible sources.
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Lesson Plan
Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Weather: Twirly Whirly Tornado

For Teachers K - 1st
In this instructional activity, learners will witness the creation of a funnel, observe how a funnel moves debris, and learn how a thunderstorm can create tornados.
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Website
NOAA

Noaa: National Severe Storms Laboratory: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how tornadoes occur, how they are predicted, the smallest size, the largest size, and how they are detected.
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Article
Scholastic

Scholastic: Tornado: Q & A

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a question an answer concerning tornadoes including how they are formed, what the funnel looks like, how tornadoes end, which are more dangerous: tornado or hurricane, inside the "eye" of a hurricane or tornado, and more.
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Unit Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Where Tornadoes Happen

For Students 3rd - 8th
Weather site for kids provides some interesting information about tornadoes. Discover how they are formed, the average number of tornadoes per year as well as play "Chase the Tornado."
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Website
Other

Computational Wind Engineering: Simulation of Tornados

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site, learn the definition of "tornado," and learn how a tornado, when simulated in a lab, can be useful to scientists. Included is a brochure with charts detailing research results.
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Unit Plan
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource to help understand how tornadoes are made and how they affect their surrounding areas.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Earth Science Tornadoes

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tornadoes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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NOAA

Noaa: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This online quiz will test your knowledge of tornado safety. Take it and see if you really are well prepared.
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Handout
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Twister: The Tornado Story

For Students 9th - 10th
The Why? Files, provided by the University of Wisconsin provides a discussion of tornadoes and the environmental conditions that generate them. Includes some great pictures of the formations of the whirlwinds. Also includes a link to a...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Deadliest Tornado in u.s. History Blindsided the Midwest in 1925

For Students 9th - 10th
Now known as the Tri-State Tornado, it turned March 18 into a day of gruesome destruction and bizarre survival stories. This tornado hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana and resulted in nearly 700 deaths.
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Unit Plan
Extreme Science

Extreme Science: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
Funnel clouds have been around for a long time. Check out the story of tornadoes and find out more about an outbreak of tornadoes in April of 1974.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Sci Jinks: Tornado!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how tornadoes form and find out if you live in Tornado Alley.
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Interactive
NASA

Sci Jinks: Tornado Simulator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Utilizing this interactive, students will manipulate the funnel's width and the core pressure difference will illustrate how tornadoes work.
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Website
PBS

Nova: Tornado Country

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do the majority of the world's twisters occur in the United States? Find out the role that geography and climate play in spawning tornadoes.
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Handout
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: How Tornadoes Form

For Students 4th - 8th
Only about one thunderstorm in a thousand produces tornadoes. Learn how tornadoes form.
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Lesson Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Make a Tornado

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore factors that influence why certain areas in the United States have more tornadoes than others and observe a model to visualize what is happening during a tornado.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how tornadoes form, their effects, and how they are measured.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Tornadoes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how tornadoes form, their effects, and how they are measured.

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