OBJECTIVE: Locate tornado alley.

• Pick up worksheet from front table• INTRO: Weekly WS #27– Which state do you think has the most tornadoes

every year?• OUTRO:– After completing the project, what part of the

country receives the most tornadoes?

Tornado Alley

Tornado Alley PROJECT

1. Write the # of tornadoes in each state2. Copy the key onto the corner of the map3. Choose a color for each category of

tornadoes4. Color each state5. Circle the states that are part of Tornado

Alley

Tornado Alley

• Tornado Alley • Location: Great Plains of Midwest US.

• Very flat land makes it easy for tornadoes to develop

• Warm air from Gulf of Mexico mixes with cold air from Canada, creating tornadoes

• Tornadoes can occur ANYWHERE!!!