Tornado Bottles
Experiment 50 from We Are Teachers - 75 Easy Science Experiments
50. Whip up a tornado in a bottle
All you need is a clear bottle filled with water and a little glitter. When you swirl the bottle in a circular motion and then set it down, the water spins fast, creating a sparkling vortex. This shows how a vortex forms when water moves in a circular pattern and gravity pulls it downward.