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How to Make a Tornado With Vinegar

Tornadoes are a dangerous but fascinating weather phenomenon that teach us a few things about Mother Nature. Making your own tornado using vinegar and a few other supplies is a fun experiment you can do to demonstrate the twirling effects of a tornado. Whether you are in a classroom or at home, learning how to make your own tornado can make for an informative and fun science experiment.

Things You'll Need

2 plastic two-liter Coke bottles (empty with no lids)
Water
Vinegar
½ tablespoon liquid dish soap
2 tablespoons of glitter
5 drops of blue food dye
Thick packing tape

Instructions

- 1
  Remove the label from one of your bottles and use some soap and water to wash off any sticky residue. Do not do this for both bottles because you can use the label of the other bottle as a measuring point.
- 2
  Fill the bottle with the label with water up to about an inch from the top of the label. Fill the bottle to the top of the label with vinegar and add a ½ a tablespoon of liquid dish soap. Add two tablespoons of glitter and five drops of blue food dye as well.
- 3
  Place the other two-liter bottle atop the one you've filled up connecting them at the mouths of the bottles. Wrap thick packing tape around the area you've connected them and down the nozzles. Wrap tape eight to ten times around this area to ensure a watertight seal.
- 4
  Remove the label from the bottom bottle and wipe with soapy water to remove residue. Slowly turn your bottle creation upside down so that the mixture begins pouring from the top bottle into the empty bottom bottle and watch as a tornado happens.

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