Tornado

Students learn about tornadoes - their basic characteristics, damage and occurrence. Students are introduced to the ways that engineers consider strong winds, specifically tornadoes, in their design of structures. Also, students learn how tornadoes are rated, and learn some basics of tornado safety. In this lesson, students learn about tornadoes.

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Tornado

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives:

After this lesson, students should be able to:

Understand how engineers design and build structures to withstand tornado damage.
Describe tornadoes, how they are measured and how they are formed.
Understand how the wind and tornadoes affects humans.
Describe some basics of tornado safety.

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level:

Understanding

Extension suggestions:

There is an abundance of information available on the Internet about tornadoes from reliable sources (www.spc.noaa.gov, for instance).

References

Contributors:

Karla Fultz

Originator:

Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation