Tornado Destruction Simulator - Interactive 3D Weather Science Activity
By Micah's Learning Resources
A 3D tornado exploration for weather science. Students set a tornado's strength on the Enhanced Fujita scale from EF0 to EF5 and watch which buildings, cars and trees it damages in a small town simulation. What's inside - 3D tornado scene with real-time damage simulation across houses, vehicles, trees and structures - Sliders for intensity, movement speed, debris amount and width in yards, plus EF0 to EF5 buttons - Live readouts: wind speed, EF rating, structures damaged, airborne objects and path length - A damage log that lists each event and at what EF level it occurred - Learn tab covering tornado formation, the EF scale, structural damage and safety - A twenty-question self-grading assessment with explanations - A printable worksheet with fifteen questions in five parts and an answer key How it works - Students set a tornado's EF level and watch how damage scales with intensity - They adjust speed, debris and width to see how each factor changes the destruction - They read the science content in the Learn tab about how tornadoes form and why buildings fail - They complete the assessment and can print a worksheet packet Topics covered - The Enhanced Fujita scale and wind speeds - Tornado formation: wind shear, updraft tilting, rear flank downdraft - Structural damage and engineering principles - Tornado safety and geography What you download - One file that opens in a web browser. No account and no installation. Grade Level: Grades 6 to 12
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