Tornado Science Pack

A fact-checked tornado science pack for ages 7–11: what a tornado is, the four ingredients, the four stages, label a supercell, tornado or not, where tornadoes happen in the world and the UK, watch or warning, myth busters and a family tornado plan, with an answer key and a certificate.

What’s inside:

- What is a tornado? Five facts to start with

- The four ingredients: read, explain and tick off

- The four stages of a tornado: name them in order

- Inside a supercell: label the mesocyclone, rain-free base, wall cloud and tornado

- Is it a tornado? Six things to sort (waterspouts, dust devils, gustnadoes and more)

- Where tornadoes happen: the world and the UK, with four questions

- Watch or warning? Seven statements to sort

- Tornado myth busters (8 myth-or-fact statements)

- Our tornado plan: a family plan to fill in together

- Answer key

- Tornado Scientist certificate

- Credits, licence & sources

Pages: 13 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Every fact is checked against NOAA Storm Prediction Center, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, US National Weather Service, Met Office, TORRO and ESSL web pages (checked 31 Oct 2026) and the sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. Facts that can change, such as yearly averages and records, are printed with that date. Photos are public-domain images from NOAA, FEMA and the US National Weather Service, via Wikimedia Commons; drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Not endorsed by NOAA, the National Weather Service, FEMA, the Met Office, TORRO or ESSL. This is an educational resource, not official emergency guidance: always follow your local weather service’s warnings.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind tornadoes.storms.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.