PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tornado
Students are asked to explain how a tornado is formed and what a tornado does.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 5 5 14: 2014 u.s Tornado Season Has Begun
Learn about tornado season and what areas have already been impacted.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Earth Sciences: Twistin' Tornado
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.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Tornadoes Teaching Box
In this teaching box are resources to help students learn why and where tornadoes happen and how these weather events impact people's lives.
NOAA
Noaa: Tornadoes, Nature's Most Violent Storms
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...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Tornado Alley
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.
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Weather: Twirly Whirly Tornado
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.
NOAA
Noaa: National Severe Storms Laboratory: Tornadoes
Find out how tornadoes occur, how they are predicted, the smallest size, the largest size, and how they are detected.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Tornado: Q & A
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.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Where Tornadoes Happen
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."
Other
Computational Wind Engineering: Simulation of Tornados
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.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Tornadoes
A resource to help understand how tornadoes are made and how they affect their surrounding areas.
Read Works
Read Works: Earth Science Tornadoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tornadoes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
NOAA
Noaa: Tornadoes
This online quiz will test your knowledge of tornado safety. Take it and see if you really are well prepared.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Twister: The Tornado Story
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...
A&E Television
History.com: The Deadliest Tornado in u.s. History Blindsided the Midwest in 1925
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.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: Tornadoes
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.
NASA
Sci Jinks: Tornado Simulator
Utilizing this interactive, students will manipulate the funnel's width and the core pressure difference will illustrate how tornadoes work.
PBS
Nova: Tornado Country
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.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: How Tornadoes Form
Only about one thunderstorm in a thousand produces tornadoes. Learn how tornadoes form.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Make a Tornado
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Tornadoes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how tornadoes form, their effects, and how they are measured.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Tornadoes
[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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