Tornado+Resources

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 * **__The Online Tornado FAQ __** || **Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * The links include: The Basics about Tornadoes, Tornado Forecasting, Tornado Damage and Tornado Safety among others. ||
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 * **__How Tornadoes Work __** || **Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * It begins with a short description of tornadoes and follows with four informative pages. ||
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 * **__Tornadoes __** || **Grade Level: 3-5 6-8 9-12** ||
 * Find out why tornadoes are hard to forecast. Read about storm chasers, and discover how tornado spotters and weather radar allow meteorologists to issue tornado warnings. Take a look at maps that show where tornadoes most often form. ||
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 * **__Tornadoes __** || **Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Learn the different types of weather signs that indicate the possibility of a dangerous tornado. The article presented on this site provides specific instructions on how to prepare for a tornado, and how to take shelter. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Tornadoes __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Investigate the ingredients and layers of a tornado, and find out how many tornadoes occur in the United States each year. Discover peak season for tornadoes and the location of Tornado Alley. Explore the Fujita scale for measuring the destructive power of a tornado, and understand how the tornado warning system works. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Preparing for Events:Tornados __** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This site is sponsored by the American Red Cross and is devoted to preparing for tornadoes ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Weather Extreme: Tornado __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grow your own tornado with this interactive simulation. Investigate the damage a tornado does with the Fujita scale. Find out when and where some of these tornadoes have occurred. Examine the birth and death of a tornado with a slide show. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Twister: The Tornado Story __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8 9-12** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This web site documents the tornado disasters that occurred in early May, 2003. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Tornadoes __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Explore the causes and characteristics of tornadoes, as you learn about the Fujita scale and tornado forecasting. Videos and animations allow you to recreate the conditions necessary for a tornado to form and give you a glimpse into the damage caused by high winds and flying debris. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">A Look at Different Shapes and Sizes of Tornadoes __** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This educational tornado website provides information and photographs on the various shapes and sizes of tornadoes and also provides storm chaser stories. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Experts Answer Tornado Questions __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Meteorologist experts, drafted by USA Today, present answers to frequently asked questions about tornadoes. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Tornadoes: Violently Rotating Columns of Air __** || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: 3-5 6-8 ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Learn more about wall clouds and mesocyclones, and see pictures and diagrams of tornadoes. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Windy Witches? __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">See a tornado in action as you watch this video and then learn about the different types of tornadoes. You will find out how thermals are formed and learn about dust devils, water spouts, and rare water whirls. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Tornadoes: Nature's Most Violent Wind __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 6-8 9-12** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This site is sponsored by USA Today, and provides solid information on tornadoes. It begins with a three-part illustration of tornadoes, and then moves into a short description of the fierce winds. ||
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 * **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Tornadoes 101- video __** || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Grade Level: 3-5 6-8** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Also known as twisters, tornadoes swirl at up to 300 miles per hour. In the United States, they form where warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets cold air from Canada. ||
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