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.
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Earth Exploration Toolbook: Investigating the Precipitation-Streamflow Relationships

This activity prepares the student to launch an investigation of the relationship between precipitation and Streamflow for a local watershed. It can enrich a study of the water cycle.
Keywords: Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation, Rivers
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water
Materials Cost: Free
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Blind Mice

This is a lesson about solar system exploration. Learners will understand that combining information gathered by a variety of robots gives us a more comprehensive understanding of our solar system.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Where Do They Come From? Crater Hunters

This is a lesson about locating impact craters on Earth using longitude, latitude, and maps.
Keywords: craters
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geologic processes, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Geology, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Earth and space science, Earth history, Geologic time, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary geology
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Magnify That

Students will learn about magnification and how a magnifying lens works. They will examine a variety of different objects, first without a magnifier and then with a magnifier, and compare what they observe. They will practice observing details of these objects with a magnifying lens.
Keywords: Hydrosphere
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Elementary school, Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Exploring in 3D: Make your own 3D glasses

In this lesson, learners will construct their own 3-D glasses in order to use them on 3-D images, such as images of the Sun from the STEREO spacecraft.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar physics
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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What SImilar Physical Processes Occur on Both Earth and Mars?

Similar features exist on the surfaces of Earth and Mars. This investigation includes satellite images of five Earth features and five Martian features, none of which are labeled.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
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
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Matching Birthdays

This excercise uses "the birthday problem," a well-known probability riddle with a surprising result. It serves as a calculator exercise for students and beginning computer programmers.
Keywords: Probability, Exponents, Counter-intuitive result
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors
Topic: Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability
Materials Cost: Free
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SciJinks: How Does a Hurricane Form?

Hurricanes are discussed as one type of tropical cyclone; the article then describes the four stages of cyclone development. The site includes a video of Hurricane Katrina and a link to a related game.
Keywords: Meteorology
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water
Materials Cost: Free
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NASA Satellite Sees Carbon Dioxide

In this problem set, learners will analyze a map of atmospheric carbon dioxide derived from satellite data. Answer key is provided. This is part of Earth Math: A Brief Mathematical Guide to Earth Science and Climate Change.
Keywords: Parts per million, Scale drawing, Unit conversion
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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Can Photosynthesis Occur At Saturn?

In this hands-on experiment, students will investigate the basic principle of photosynthesis and learn how light intensity diminishes as a function of distance from the light source. Questions help learners connect these two ideas to determine if photosynthesis could occur at Saturn.
Keywords: Photosynthesis, Inverse square law
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, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Physical sciences, Energy, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: $10 - $20
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