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)

Einstein's Gravity

In this lesson, students will read the 1919 edition of the Cosmic Times (see related resources) and respond by raising questions to be answered with further research.
Audience: High school
Topic: Physical sciences, Motion and forces
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
Go To Resource

How does Energy Flow in Living Systems?

This textbook chapter describes the role photosynthesis, food webs, and fossil fuels in the movement of energy through the biosphere. The resource includes a student investigation, links to current news articles, and an essay-based unit assessment. A teacher's guide supports classroom use.
Keywords: Energy pyramid
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Biosphere, Life sciences, Ecology and ecosystems, Physical sciences, Energy
Materials Cost: Free
Go To Resource

Remote Sensing Math

This collection of 103 individual sets of math problems derives from images and data generated by NASA remote sensing technology. Whether used as a challenge activity, enrichment activity and/or a formative assessment, the problems allow students to engage in authentic applications of math.
Audience: Middle school, High school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
Go To Resource

Differentiation

Learners simulate the process of geological differentiation. The activity ends with an extension question that asks about the makeup of the highlands of the Moon.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
Go To Resource

The Relationship Between Science and Technology

In this activity, students will learn how technology can help scientists solve a problem. One of the challenges scientists face with any spacecraft is attitude control.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Physical sciences, Motion and forces
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
Go To Resource

Bill Gates' Great Great Granddaughter's Honeymoon Trip: A Lab

Small groups of students form imaginary travel agencies and use Hubble images to plan the "trip of a lifetime" to ten celestial destinations.
Keywords: Planets, Hubble Space Telescope, Comparative planetology
Audience: Higher education, Undergraduate, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, Earth and space science, Solar system, Asteroids and comets, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science
Materials Cost: Free
Go To Resource

The Spinning World of Spacecraft Reaction Wheels

This is a activity about how reaction wheels affect spacecraft orientation (attitude).
Keywords: Orientation, Attitude
Audience: Middle school, High school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Physical sciences, Motion and forces
Materials Cost: $10 - $20
Go To Resource

SDO Project Suite Module 3: How Does the Sun Affect the Earth?

This is the third module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum.
Keywords: Magnetosphere, Space weather
Audience: Middle school, Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Magnetosphere, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Space weather, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Energy, Physical sciences, Light and optics, Physical sciences, Motion and forces, Physical sciences, Vibration and waves, The nature of technology, Technology and society
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
Go To Resource

Dust Busters

Students will collect samples of particles in the air on simple slides they make themselves. They will classify, count and chart their findings, draw conclusions, make predictions, and compare their findings to other available data.
Keywords: Air quality, Particulates, Aerosols, Prediction, Seasonal variation
Audience: Elementary school, Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: $10 - $20
Go To Resource

Earth's Energy Budget: Seasonal Cycles in Net Radiative Flux

Students examine CERES radiation data to understand how the Earth's tilt causes seasonal differences in incoming solar energy, and to explore how clouds, deserts and ice modulate the reflection of energy from the Sun. The investigation is conducted using the My NASA Data Live Access Server.
Keywords: Flux, Latitude, Longitude, Radiation, Seasons
Audience: Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
Go To Resource

Pages