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Create Your Own Tornado Lesson PlanCreate Your Own Tornado Lesson Plan
Publisher
Nazareth College
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Grade
3rd
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2002
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Create Your Own Tornado

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Third graders identify key concepts and definitions about tornados. They work in small groups of three to four to create mini-tornados. After reading Tornado Alert as a class, 3rd graders discuss tornados and fill out a KWL chart.

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Concepts

tornadoes

Additional Tags

tornado, science

Pros

  • Includes suggestions for differentiated instruction

Cons

  • None

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