the poetry of science
Science and Children—May/June 2023 (Volume 60, Issue 5)
By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong
by Carole Gerber
Warm, moist air drifts toward the sky;
gets caught in cold air speeding by.
Vicious, raging rains erupt.
Lightning flashes, wind speeds up
and shapes into a funnel form.
Tornado!
Deadly product of the storm.
Poem © 2014 Carole Gerber from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong © 2014 Pomelo Books; illustration by Frank Ramspott from The Poetry of Science: The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science for Kids © 2015 Pomelo Books.
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“Dog in a Storm” by Stephanie Calmenson
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Tornadoes Teaching Box (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)