Curated OER
Keeping Our Pets Safe In An Emergency
Young scholars fill out worksheets that teach them how to prepare for emergency situations and how to enable animal safety in emergency situations. In this emergency lesson plan, students talk about different kinds of emergencies and how...
Curated OER
Sweethearts and Data Analysis
Students explore the concept collecting and representing data. In this collecting and representing data lesson, students record the different colors of sweetheart candies in their sweethearts box. Students create a table of the data and...
Curated OER
Retirement: Show Me the Money!
Students explore the concept of retirement finances. In this retirement finances lesson, students discuss what it means to save, invest, risk, or the time value of money. Students play the stock market game. Students interview a parent...
Curated OER
Crater Creation
Students examine the Oregon state quarter and discuss how Crater Lake was formed-geologically and according to Native American legend. They practice making predictions and identifying the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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.
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.
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.
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.
NASA
Ucar Center for Science Education: Web Weather for Kids
This website provides information, lessons and activities regarding clouds, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hurricanes and winter storms.
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.
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."
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Twistin' Tornado
This experiment with Bill Nye explains how to make a tornado in a bottle.
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Severe Weather Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes the key points of thunderstorms, tornadoes, mid-latitude cyclones, hurricanes, blizzards, and heatwaves and droughts. Includes a few...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Vortex
Investigate centripetal force in this activity where you create a mini-tornado in two connected soda bottles.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Weather: Tornadoes
Explore tornadoes on this website! Kids learn about tornadoes including how they form, characteristics, types including supercell and waterspout, categories, and fun facts.
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.
Bill Nye
Bill Nye: Twistin' Tornado
Try this at-home science experiment to learn how to make a tornado in a bottle.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Tornados in the Us
[Free Registration/Login Required] Overview: In this lesson, students will learn the basics about how tornadoes are formed, and when and where they are most likely to occur. They will learn that the United States is the country most...
Other
Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Colorado's Forces of Nature
Students examine Colorado's forces of nature. Some topics explored are tornadoes, floods, blizzards, and windstorms. Images and video clips are included.
Other
American Red Cross: Masters of Disaster: Grades 6 8
This resource presents many science lessons with related activities for students in grades 6-8. Content addresses tools for coping with disasters such as tornadoes, fires, lightning, floods and general preparedness.