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.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Weather Patterns
In this lesson students will be able to identify and describe how different types of storms form (hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms and thunder storms). The activity can be used on the SMART board or in SLS Online. Covert slides 6, 8,...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is a Natural Disaster?
Learn the effects of natural disasters and the difference between natural disasters and man-made disasters. Also explores ten different natural disasters.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Twistin' Tornado
Try this at-home science experiment to learn how to make a tornado in a bottle.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Enid Tornado, Photo #1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is taken of a tornado just starting to develop in the town of Enid, Oklahoma on June 5, 1966.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Enid Tornado, Photo #2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph was taken in 1966 of a tornado in Enid, Oklahoma beginning to grow and develop.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Enid Tornado, Photo #3
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph was taken in 1966 of a tornado in Enid, Oklahoma in a mature state of development.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Enid Tornado, Photo #4
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is taken in 1966 of a tornado in Enid, Oklahoma in a mature state of development.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Union City Tornado, Photo #1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph, captured by doppler radar, is of a tornado in its early stage of development in Union City, Oklahoma.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Union City Tornado, Photo #2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph, captured by doppler radar, is of a tornado in its early stage of development in Union City, Oklahoma.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Union City Tornado, Photo #3
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph, captured by doppler radar, is of a tornado in its early stage of development in Union City, Oklahoma, 1973.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Union City Tornado, Photo #4
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph, captured by doppler radar, is of a tornado in its early stage of development in Union City, Oklahoma, 1973.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Union City Tornado, Photo #5
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph, captured by doppler radar, is of a tornado in a mature stage of formation in Union City, Oklahoma, 1973.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Dimmitt Tornado, Photo #2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado captured in Dimmitt, Texas on June 2, 1995.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Dimmitt Tornado, Photo #3
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado captured in Dimmitt, Texas on June 2, 1995.
USA Today
Usa Today: Tornado Alley Breeds Violent Storms
This article, published by USA TODAY (August 18, 2004), explores the states and regions of the United States that experience severe weather and tornadoes.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Cordell Tornado, Photo #3
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado in its "Rope" stage, captured in Cordell, Oklahoma on May 22, 1981.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Cordell Tornado, Photo #2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado in Cordell, Oklahoma on May 22, 1981.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Cordell Tornado, Photo #1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado in the process of dying, captured in Cordell, Oklahoma on May 22, 1981.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Seymour Tornado, Photo #2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado in Seymour, Texas highlighting its motion and cloud development.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Seymour Tornado, Photo #1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado in Seymour, Texas captured in a mature stage of development on April 10, 1979.
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Noaa: Photo Library: Wichita Falls Tornado
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is taken of a tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas on April 10, 1979.
NOAA
Noaa: Photo Library: Dimmitt Tornado, Photo #1
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a photo library of severe weather formations. This photograph is of a tornado captured in Dimmitt, Texas on June 2, 1995.
Curated OER
Tornado Simulation
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.