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Science Snacks: Vortex
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This page from the Exploratorium shows how to build a model of a tornado or a whirlpool with two empty one-liter bottles.  Along with directions, a discussion of the physics is provided.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex/
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Fluid Mechanics
- Dynamics of Fluids
= Vortices
- High School
- Middle School
- Elementary School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
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Keywords:
tornado, twister, vortex
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Metadata instance created February 12, 2008 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
May 6, 2008 by Lyle Barbato
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(Exploratorium, San Francisco), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex/).
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Science Snacks: Vortex (Exploratorium, San Francisco), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex/>.
APA Format
Science Snacks: Vortex. (n.d.). Retrieved June 8, 2025, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex/
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Science Snacks: Vortex. San Francisco: Exploratorium. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex/ (accessed 8 June 2025).
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Science Snacks: Vortex. San Francisco: Exploratorium. 8 June 2025 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex/>.
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