How to and poetry

For my how to I am doing how to make a tornado in a jar.
Materials:
Clear jar( mayonnaise or peanut butter jar)
Clear liquid soap
vinegar
water
glitter
food coloring

Process:
Fill jar about 3 quarters full of water
Add a teaspoon of liquid soap into the jar
Add the same amount of vinegar as well
Add two to four drops of food coloring and a 2 pinches of glitter into the jar

Explanation
The swirling motion gives the impression of a tornado and the glitter makes for the debris from the tornado.

Poem
The Jellybean Brigade
They came to town, they came to town,
the Jellybean Brigade.
They marched about in a bright array,
a rainbow on a parade.
They swaggered in the broiling sun,
instead of in the shade.
They're nothing but a puddle now-
the Jellybean Brigade.

I could use poetry in the classroom to introduce and activity. Whether it be writing or possible a math or social studies lesson. This particular poem I thought about using it for possible a math lesson. It talks about jellybeans and they are different colors, so the students would sort them according to color. Or they could practiced their adding and subtracting skills with the jellybeans. Reading this poem to them would get them excited about the lesson and a way of introducing the lesson.