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Subject: Stir Up a Hurricane

Date: Mon Jan 15 09:33

Author: Tonya (tonyamb@bellsouth.net)

This is an easy science experiment, especially for yourger kids to help them understand a hurricane.

Have resources available to them about hurricanes.

You can share with them that hurricanes are huge circular storms of wind, clouds and rain that form over warm tropical oceans. The clouds in a hurricane can be seen as circular bands that spiral around a hurrican's eye. You can duplicate the swirling motion around the calm eye of the storm.

You need:
--large round bowl or tub of water
--spoon
--food coloring with a dropper top (eye dropper works well)

Moving the spoon in a circular motion around the side of a bowl, stir the water.
When the water is moving fast, stop stirring & immediately put several drops of food coloring into the center of the swirling water. The color will move from the center forming bands---much like clouds in a hurricane do.

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