Tornado in a jar science project

With recent events keeping us at home, I've been trying to do some fun activities with the kids. This Tornado In A Jar is a fun experiment for the kids to play with. It would go along great with a study about weather and tornadoes! It's super easy to put together and only takes a

For once contain the mess and make a tornado in a jar !

We are homeschooling our son this year. We had a great morning doing his reading and math curriculum. It's not always, but this morning was awesome! My son asked when we were finished, if we could do a craft. So we looked through my pins on Pinterest to see if there was a good one,…

This tornado in a bottle experiment will help your child visually learn the formation of a tornado. Here are step-by-step instruction on how to make a water tornado with 2 bottles.

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I've seen a number of different recipes for a tornado in a bottle all over Pinterest. Many used two bottles connected together, but for 100 kids I just didn't want to mess with that. I tried a few that included dish soap, and while the bubbles showed off the swirling, it eventually got too bubbly to see. I then found some that used colored lamp oil, which was REALLY cool, but that stuff was too expensive for 100 kids. I went with vegetable oil instead. Each kid needed: 1 bottle of water (I…