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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MRC: Manual and Skit (Grades 3-5)

Learners will brainstorm ideas to be developed into a team skit, work cooperatively to assign duties and write the skit, and collaborate with team members to complete the Mars Rover Manual.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Engineering and technology, The nature of science
Materials Cost: $10 - $20
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum

This is a lesson about the electromagnetic spectrum. Learners will read two pages of information about the electromagnetic spectrum and answer questions in an accompanying worksheet.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Finding Other Effects on the Earth

This is an activity about cause and effect. Learners will investigate various online sources to find data and other pertinent information regarding reported effects on Earth for the solar events they identified in the previous activities in this curriculum set.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, 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, Earth's magnetic field, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Space weather, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar physics, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability
Materials Cost: Free
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MRC: Investigate Mars (Grades 6-8)

This lesson plan uses the 5E learning cycle and is designed around an essential question: How do I know when I've found important information in my reading?
Keywords: Language arts
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Engineering and technology, The nature of science, The nature of technology, The design process
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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How Thick is the Atmosphere?

We've all seen pictures of the Earth and its atmosphere as a series of concentric circles, showing the troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere, etc., often looking like a bullseye target with the solid Earth in the middle.
Keywords: Scale
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Metric Wins!

In this activity, students learn about the advantages of the metric system, by comparing the ease of calculation and conversion between the English and metric systems of measurement.
Keywords: International System of Units, SI
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: Free
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How Does Remote Sensing Help Us Understand the Anasazi?

Remote sensing, using Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) data, has lead to the discovery of previously unknown roads in the canyon area of New Mexico once occupied by the Anasazi culture.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Earth and space science, Earth history, Archeology, The nature of technology, Technology and society
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Predicting the Consequences of Changes For Human Civilization (Grades 10-12)

This unit focuses on the impacts of climate change on humans. Students participate in activities using "Character Cards" (included with the unit).
Keywords: Decision making
Audience: High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12, Informal education, High school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Field Trip to the Moon Educator Guide

This resource complements a planetarium experience. However, the accompanying educator's guide and companion guides - with lessons on observing and investigating the Moon - are available to download for independent classroom use.
Audience: Middle school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Geology, Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, The nature of technology
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MRC: Introduction to Mars and the Mars Rover Celebration Project (Grades 6-8)

Learners will record detailed observations of a simulated surface and core sample of Mars, analyze a simulated surface and core sample of Mars, compare and contrast an unknown foreign object with the surface and interior of Mars, and learn preliminary facts about Mars, its surface, and its place

Audience: Middle school
Topic: 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, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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