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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Proportional Relationships

Students use simple proportions and fractions to explore the number of stars in the Milky Way, and the relative sizes of some famous stars compared to our own Sun.
Keywords: Estimating, Ratios
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics, Number and operations
Materials Cost: Free
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Earth Matters

Students are introduced to classification through progressive activities. Initially, the teacher models the task by classifying buttons. Students then devise a classification scheme for paper clips. Subsequent activities use objects brought from home or the playground by students.
Keywords: Classification
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2
Topic: Physical sciences, States of matter
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Water in the Atmosphere

In this activity, participants learn about the atmosphere by making observations and taking measurements. They will go outside and use scientific equipment to collect atmospheric moisture data (temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and cloud cover).
Keywords: Water cycle, Earth systems, Precipitation, Cloud cover, pH of rain, Relative humidity
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement, The nature of science, Science and society, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Post-Assessment: Student Illustrations and Writing About the Sun

This is an activity to reinforce concepts learned about the Sun, the Sun, Earth, and Moon system and eclipses. Learners will communally discuss their knowledge of these concepts briefly, and will then complete a series of worksheets and writings to demonstrate grasp of content.
Keywords: NSTA2013
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Size and scale, Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Eclipses, Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Days, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun
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Investigating the Ring Current

Students use a dipole magnet and compass to model and map Earth's magnetic field. They then induce a magnetic field to represent a Ring Current in order to observe the response to a fluctuating electric current caused by a solar storm.
Keywords: Magnetic field, Ring current, Magnetosphere, Electromagnetism
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Earth's magnetic field, Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism
Materials Cost: $10 - $20
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Passage to a Ringed World

This is a NASA special publication about the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, that was published in 1997 and reflects the facts and theories as known prior to mission arrival. Learners can read about what was involved in sending this large spacecraft to the outer solar system.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary atmospheres, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, The nature of science, The nature of technology
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This is a Stickup!

This inquiry activity supports student understanding of the cause of light, heat and shadow, how to measure the passage of time, and how to use rules and other measuring tools. Students make observations using shadows, a meter stick, and a homemade sundial.
Keywords: Angle, Sphere, Model
Audience: Elementary school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Seasons, Mathematics, Measurement, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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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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Global Change Primer

This introductory chapter for educators provides background information to support classroom investigations of global climate change. Topics addressed include the structure and composition of the atmosphere, General Circulation Models (GCMs), 2xCO2 scenarios, uncertainty, and human impacts.
Keywords: Anthropogenic, Global Warming Potential (GWP), Greenhouse gases, Ozone, Montreal Protocol
Audience: Elementary school, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere
Materials Cost: Free
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The Role of Life in Promoting Stability

In this paper and pencil exercise, students create graphs that describe the effect of a series of experiments using Daisy World, an energy balance model, that can be used to demonstrate concepts of equilibrium, homeostatis, and positive and negative feedbacks.
Keywords: Albedo
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget
Materials Cost: Free
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