Introduction

This lesson focuses on the weather, and the causes of tornadoes. The wind of tornadoes have been known to pluck feathers off a chicken, lift building from their foundations, and even suck all the water from a small pond causing frogs and fish to rain from the sky!
Tornadoes can hover in one spot for up to 45 minutes, but usually only last a few minutes. Houses, railroads cars, automobiles, and even people may be picked up thrown hundreds of meters.

Questions

1. Why is it important to understand weather?
   
   
2. Where do the majority of tornadoes occur in the United States? Why?
   
   
3. Where do the severe storms occur in United States?
   
   
4. When do tornadoes usually strike? Why?
   
   
5. Why is it important to understand the weather around the World?
   
   
6. How the weather activities relate to our daily life?
   
   

The Internet Resources

• Tornado Activity
• Weather Around The World
• Severe Storms
• Tornado Lab
• Weather
• Weather Activities

The Big Question

What are the main conditions that causes a tornado to form? why is it important to understand these conditions?