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)

Vegetable Light Curves

In this lesson, students observe the surface of rotating potatoes to help them understand how astronomers can sometimes determine the shape of asteroids from variations in reflective brightness.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Asteroids and comets, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Light and optics
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Ocean Motion

This website provides an overview of ocean surface circulation. Satellite and model data allows high school students to investigate circulation patterns, navigation, associated weather and climate, natural hazards and marine resources.
Keywords: Ocean circulation and currents, Ocean conveyor belt
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, Physical sciences, Motion and forces, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: Free
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Investigating Ice Worlds

This is a lesson about ice worlds in the outer planetary regions and the role they play in understanding the Solar System.
Audience: Pre-kindergarten, Elementary school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary geology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, Physical sciences, Energy, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Light and optics
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GPM Scientists Answer Students' Questions About Global Precipitation

This short (11:29 minutes) video features NASA scientists answering a set of student-designed questions related to NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement satellite mission.
Keywords: Precipitation, Extreme weather
Audience: Middle school, High school
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, Physical sciences, Light and optics, Physical sciences, States of matter, The nature of science, The nature of technology
Materials Cost: Free
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Earth Exploration Toolbook: Exploring Air Quality in Aura NO2 Data

In this chapter, students will explore relationships between air quality and population density using the image visualization tool, Google Earth.
Keywords: Google Earth
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon

This interactive website engages children in a story-based scenario that emphasizes concepts of remote sensing and how NASA scientists use satellite imagery to better understand the Earth's environmental changes. The story features a pigeon named Amelia and is set in New York City.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Parents/caregivers
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, The nature of technology, Technology and society
Materials Cost: Free
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MY NASA DATA: Comparison of Snow Cover on Different Continents

In this data activity, students create maps of the snow cover of each continent, and determine the average global snow cover.
Keywords: Authentic data use
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth structure, Atmosphere, 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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MY NASA DATA: Hurricanes as Heat Engines

In this data analysis activity, students explore how hurricanes extract heat energy from the ocean surface by tracking Hurricane Rita and sampling sea surface temperatures along its path.
Keywords: Authentic data use
Audience: High school, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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A Satellite View of Las Vegas

This problem set is about scale. Using a ruler, learners will measure the distance between two points on a satellite image and determine the scale of the image and other information to answer a series of questions. Answer key is provided.
Keywords: Satellite imagery, Scale, Field of view
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school, Middle school, Grades 6-8
Topic: Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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Mapping Our World

This interactive is a graphical introduction to geospatial images from NASA Earth science satellites and encourages exploration of the interconnected nature of Earth’s system by students and the public alike.
Keywords: Maps, Earth system science
Audience: Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Technical, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: 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, Landforms/geography, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Vegetation/land cover, 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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