American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Tornadoes O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about tornadoes, nature's most powerful storms. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about tornadoes.
Read Works
Read Works: Tornado Scientists
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tornadoes and the scientists who study them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Killer Tornado of 1928
This resource provides a remarkable first-hand account of the day a tornado struck a small town in Nebraska in 1928 taking lives, injurying many, and causing much devastaion.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Tornado
This is an article by John Griffiths that discusses tornadoes including a definition, characteristic behaviors, clauses and classifications, and occurrences.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Tornadoes Form?
Meteorologist James Spann sheds light on the lifespan of tornadoes as they go from supercell thunderstorms to terrible twisters before eventually dissolving back into thin air. [4:11]
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Control a Tornado? Absolutely!
Control a tornado's intensity by manipulating its width and rotation speed.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Twistin' Tornado
This experiment with Bill Nye explains how to make a tornado in a bottle.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Tornadoes
A dark funnel of cloud extends below a storm. If it reaches the ground, it's a tornado.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Tornado Damage!
Students will learn about tornadoes, the damage they cause, and how to rate tornadoes. Specifically, students will investigate the Fujita Damage Scale of tornado intensity, and use it to complete a mock engineering analysis of damage...
Other
University of Akron: Research Challenges Location of 'Tornado Alley'
Geographer Michael Frates redefines the concept of Tornado Alley by using a grid system to map tornado activity in the U.S. Download the Tornado Alley map and locate the other tornado active areas: Hoosier Alley, Dixie Alley and the...
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather: Tornado Weather
What do you want to know about tornadoes? This site highlights the different aspects of tornadoes. Don't miss out on learning more about these wild storm patterns.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Tornado!
Students learn about tornadoes - their basic characteristics, damage and occurrences. Students are introduced to the ways that engineers consider strong winds, specifically tornadoes, in their design of structures. Also, students learn...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Tornado in My State?
Students will analyze data of tornadoes throughout the United States. They will create a bar graph of the number of tornadoes for the top ten states in the country and then calculate the median and the mode of the data.
NOAA
Noaa: Tornado in a Bottle [Pdf]
Find facts about tornadoes and see an actual vortex after making a tornado in a bottle with some common materials.
USA Today
Usa Today: Your Guide to Tornado Safety
This resource provides information about tornado safety to its readers.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Speed and Acceleration Using Tornado Tubes
In this activity, students will use a plywood ramp and various tornado tubes (made from tornado tube connectors and 2 liter pop bottles) to calculate the average speed of the tornado tubes. They will set up 4 investigations filling the 2...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Hurricane and Tornado Teaching Theme
For any educators preparing teaching themes/units on hurricanes or tornadoes, this is the site for you! Links to a myriad of lesson plans, worksheets, interactive sites, teacher resources, and much more are all found on this expansive site.
Read Works
Read Works: The Tornado Drill
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy who gets frightened during tornado drills at school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: A Tornado Is Coming
[Free Registration/Login Required] This realistic fiction passage tells the story of a family taking cover after learning that a tornado is nearby. This passage shares basic facts about tornadoes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
PBS
Nova: Hunt for the Supertwister
This activity will introduce you to the Fujita scale for rating tornado strength. You will then put your knowledge to use by observing photographs of tornado damage and assigning them a rating.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Tornado!
Use this site to explore how engineers and architects are able to create tornado-proof designs for houses and other buildings.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Tornado
Explore how tornadoes are formed, learn about the parmeters of a tornado, discover the different types, and find out where they occur.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Life Cycle of a Tornado
Describes the three stages of a tornado's life cycle.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Effects of Tornadoes
Provides some facts about tornadoes and describes their impact.
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