NASA Wavelength Resources Collection

NASA Wavelength is a collection of resources that incorporate NASA content and have been subject to peer review. You can search this collection using key words and/or the drop down menus to pinpoint resources to use with your audience of learners.
163 result(s)

Visualizing Earth Systems: A NASA Quick Start Guide

The complexity and interconnectedness of Earth’s systems become evident through these visualizations created by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio.
Keywords: Scientific visualizations, Remote sensing
Audience: Middle school, High school, Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Biosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Physical sciences, Energy, Physical sciences, Motion and forces, The nature of technology, Technology and society
Materials Cost: Free
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MRC: Where is the Best Place to Measure? (Grades 3-5)

This lesson plan teaches how to select the landing site for a planetary surface investigation, using the 5E learning cycle.
Keywords: Measuring, Variables, Language Arts, Earth Systems, Science and Engineering Practices, System Models
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geologic processes, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary geology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Problem solving, The nature of science, The scientific process, The nature of technology, The design process
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Earth Exploration Toolbook: Measuring Distance and Area in Satellite Images

This chapter describes how to set a scale and measure distances and areas on satellite images. Using ImageJ, a freely available image analysis program that runs on most operating systems, users set the spatial calibration of an image, then select and measure distances and areas on it.
Keywords: Time series image analysis, Image J
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Life sciences, Ecology and ecosystems, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Year of the Solar System Math Guide

This collection of 160 math problems covers the 20 science topic themes presented by the NASA/JPL Year of the Solar System (YOSS) website, covering the solar system, planets, the search for life, and robotics.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Size and scale, Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Eclipses, Earth and space science, Solar system, Asteroids and comets, Earth and space science, Solar system, Origin/formation of solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary atmospheres, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Number and operations, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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NASA eClips™ Real World: CubeSats

Introduce learners to Cubesats - much smaller (1000 cm3) satellites that are being used to gather scientific data and enhance NASA’s space exploration goals.
Keywords: Engineering, Citizen science
Audience: Middle school, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Number and operations, Mathematics, Problem solving, The nature of science, The nature of technology
Materials Cost: Free
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How to Calculate Sea Ice Changes

This set of three videos illustrates how math is used in satellite data analysis. NASA climate scientist Claire Parkinson explains how the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice covers are measured from satellite data and how math is used to determine trends in the data.
Keywords: Arctic, Antarctic, Applied mathematics, Sea ice, Climate change, Trends, Slopes, Least squares fitting
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Problem solving, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Patterns and Fingerprints

This is an activity about detecting elements by using light. Learners will develop and apply methods to identify and interpret patterns to the identification of fingerprints. They look at fingerprints of their classmates, snowflakes, and finally "spectral fingerprints" of elements.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Algebra, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Light and optics, The nature of science, The scientific process
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Great Lakes Weather and Climate Location, Dimensions and Configuration

This self-paced, interactive tutorial explores the use of remote-sensing data to monitor Great Lakes weather and climate. Interactive tools are provided to allow the learner to compare the surface area of the different Great Lakes.
Keywords: Angle of inclination, Lake effect snow, Glaciation
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing
Materials Cost: Free
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Three New Satellites: Suomi NPP, JPSS, and GOES-R

This module guides students through some relatively new satellite meteorology satellites. It is part of an online course for grades 7-12 in satellite meteorology, which includes 10 modules with numerous interactives.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing
Materials Cost: Free
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Graphing the Rainbow

Learners will explore different ways of displaying visual spectra, including colored "barcode" spectra, like those produced by a diffraction grating, and line plots displaying intensity versus color, or wavelength.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Light and optics
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