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Twister on Tuesday Activities for Chapter 7 |
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Vocabulary for Chapter 7 - funnel
funnel - a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends, cone
funnel - Page 47 - In the distance, twisting black clouds had dropped out of the storm clouds. They swirled into a funnel shape.
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Tornado |
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Make your on tornado. Tornado tubes can be bought at many toy stores for under $2.00. This tube attaches two plastic soda bottles together.
Simply fill one bottle 2/3 full with water and screw the Tornado Tube onto this bottle. Then attach the second plastic bottle to the other end of the Tornado Tube. To create the tornado shake the bottles in a circular motion. Set the bottles on a flat surface and watch the "tornado" in the top bottle.
Learn what you should do if a tornado is headed your way.
Twister! Understanding -- and Surviving --
Tornadoes
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