We are talking about Centrifugal and Centripetal forces using a tornado as an example. Centripetal force is a force that keeps an object moving in a circular path, this force points TOWARDthe center ...

Have you ever thrown your spare change into a coin vortex like the one we used to have in the gift shop at ECHO? When you put a coin in this, the coin spins around and around until eventually it ...

The tornado in a bottle experiment explores the concept of centripetal force. This is an inward-facing force that pulls the water within the bottle toward the center of the circular path. This inward ...

Welcome to Weather Education Week @ Home! All week we are bringing parents and students interesting science experiments from the NBC10 First Alert Weather team -- and the Philadelphia Phillies! For ...

On land, most tornados form in severe thunderstorms and one of the main ingredients that you need for tornado formation is called “wind shear.” Wind shear is when there is a change in wind direction ...