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.
1604 result(s)

The Water Cycle: Now You See It, Now You Don't

This is a hands-on lab activity about the water cycle, specifically evaporation and condensation. Using materials such as clay, ice and a lamp, learners will observe the relationship between temperature and condensation and temperature and evaporation.
Keywords: Evaporation, Condensation
Audience: Elementary school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Physical sciences, States of matter
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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The Inverse Square Law of Light

This lesson provides a way for students to determine the relationship between the distance from a light source and its brightness.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Size and scale, Mathematics, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: $10 - $20
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Isoperimetric Geometry

This article is about the isoperimetric theorem. It states the theorem, explains its history and uses examples and exercises to demonstrate it.
Keywords: Shape, Area, Perimeter
Audience: High school
Topic: Mathematics, Geometry
Materials Cost: Free
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Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?

In this problem set, learners will analyze a table of the length of day (hours) and the number of days per year on Earth in past eras. They will calculate future values, plot some of the data and identify the rate of increase. Answer key is provided.
Keywords: Inquiry, Table analysis
Audience: Middle school, High school, Grade 9
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth history, Geologic time, Mathematics, Number and operations, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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Celebrating Saturn and Cassini

In this concluding activity, learners will use notes from an earlier lesson to write a nonfiction piece about Saturn or Cassini. These final projects provide a way for children with varying learning styles to consolidate and share their learning.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, The nature of science, The nature of technology
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Chandra: Ask an Astrophysicist

This website is a collection of questions relevant to the science and mission of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, submitted by students and the general public, with answers posted by experts in the field.
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy
Materials Cost: Free
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Classic Slide Rule

In this activity, students construct classic slide rules and use them like calculators. Students use the slide rules to read scales, determine significant figures, and estimate decimal places.  This is activity D3 in the "Far Out Math" educator's guide.
Audience: High school, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public
Topic: Mathematics, Mathematics, Number and operations
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Sensing the Invisible: The Herschel Experiment

This is a lesson about infrared radiation. Learners will investigate invisible forms of light as they conduct William Herschel's experiment and subsequent discovery of infrared radiation.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions, Physical sciences, Energy, Physical sciences, Light and optics, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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What Effect Do They Have? Near Miss

Learners will simulate possible responses to a meteorite impact, write newspaper articles, and role play as different professionals participating in a panel discussion. They will also evaluate the implications of scientific principles and research findings.
Keywords: meteorite
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Origin/formation of solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science
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Solar System Magnetism

This is an activity about magnetism. In this activity, polystyrene spheres and several strong neodymium magnets are used to represent the Sun and Earth and their distinct magnetic fields.
Audience: Informal education
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Earth's magnetic field, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Magnetosphere, Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism
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