Students are first show photos of tornado damage. Recently, the Oklahoma tornado is a good source at CNN.

http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/3.html

Using the whyfiles page above, students record the pressure differential and compare that to the wind speed and F scale using a simple spreadsheet. When graphing the columns, it becomes quite clear that slight changes in pressure differential creates large changes in wind speed.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/us/gallery/oklahoma-belongings/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Next, students are re-directed to another YouTube video of a destructive tornado.

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