Tornado Tube Create a tornado in a bottle.
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Create a tornado in a bottle! With this colorful plastic tube, learn about the science of vortex energy, the swirling, twisting and spiraling action that can be found everywhere in nature.
What's included?
- Tornado Tube Connector in your choice of quantity, available in assorted colors
How does it work?
Fill one of the 1-liter bottles with water. Connect the empty bottle to the first with the Tornado Tube, so it looks like an hourglass. Tip this "hourglass" upside down, swirl the bottles, and in seconds a beautiful "tornado" appears.What does it teach?
Use this experiment to introduce students to kinetic energy and potential energy. Help students discover how air pressure and density work together to create an incredible force of nature.-
Tornado Tube
December 3rd, 2006
Click the thumbnail below to see the video.
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