CRAFTivities- Tornado Tube!

*UPDATED WITH LINKS!*

I'm sure you've seen of or heard of tornado tubes. Totally fun to do and SO addictive.
Here's what we started with:

• Two empty two liter bottles,
• a TORNADO TUBE (the little connector)*
• food coloring
• glitter
• dish soap
  
• oil

*I bought the tornado tube at a teacher supply store, you can order online. Cost was under $3. You can also use duct tape instead a Tornado Tube to tape the bottles together making sure there is no leaks AFTER you fill up just 1 bottle 2/3 of the way full with water (adding any of the items above). If you use the duct tape you can't open and close to add new things so add everything you want to it first.

We added each ingredient one at a time to see what the difference was in the tornado.

Lastly, I have included a video of the tornado. The quality is horrible but at least you get the idea.

This CRAFTivity would be an excellent add to an Energy/Power Lesson.

LINKS

• Steve Spanger Science Tornado Tubes and other fun science stuff!
• Weather Wiz How to make a Tornado Tube
• Buy a Tornado Tube
  

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