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Tornado Tubes!
During our weather unit, the fourth grade saw a video where kids made a model that simulated the vortex of a tornado. The students were really excited so I looked into it. In the past, students have tried to make this project by taping two soda bottles together. After many tries we learned that the tornado tube connectors is key (if you just use tape, the water leaks out). Disappointed but not discouraged, I checked around for the bottle connectors and I found them! (You can get them at any science supply company and even the Museum of Science) By rotating the bottles horizontally and then vertically, the water begins to move and a vortex forms. The funnel of the bottle pulls the water into the bottom contain and voila! You now have a tornado in a bottle!