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Dec
14
Discovery Kids Tornado Lab rocks!
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We live in the Midwest where tornadoes are abundant. My kids are very curious about and afraid of tornadoes so when Parent Bloggers Network offered The Discovery Extreme Weather Tornado Lab I signed right up.The Tornado lab has been a huge hit at our house. The hands on learning of the cause and effects of tornadoes helped alleviate some of my kids’ fears. They learned that based on the hills and valleys around our home that the likelihood of a tornado hitting our street is pretty slim.
My nine year old daughter shared the tornado lab with her classroom. Her teacher was so impressed with her demonstration that she had my daughter give a demo in each of the younger grades. The tornado sound effects really wowed the preschoolers.
The Tornado Lab includes a battery operated tornado machine that has a dial for the 5 different tornado forces and a dial with real tornado sound effects. The see-through lid also gives another perspective of what the center of a tornado looks like. Foam pellets and plastic beads are also included to show how objects travel differently in a tornado based on their size and weight.
The unit is quite durable because it has survived my kid’s other experiments such as dropping in Goldfish crackers, beads, and M&Ms. We never could get the food coloring experiment to work like it should although it was a great experiment for learning that the colors red and blue make purple.
The Raging Planet DVD that came with the Tornado Lab was also a big hit. They watched the DVD quite a bit over a two week period. The DVD includes interesting information about tornadoes and hurricanes. We are hoping that a hurricane lab is in development.
Overall, the Tornado Lab is a great learning toy that is fun and interesting for kids AND parents. My kids will be the first to tell you that most learning toys are bor-iiing so their seal of approval for The Tornado Lab says a lot. I’ve gotten a big kick out of what a tornado expert my 6 year old son has become. He talks about F5 tornadoes with the skills of a weatherman!
The Discovery Extreme Weather Tornado Lab is such a hot toy that it is backordered until February. Order yours now! Retails for $29.95.
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