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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Scientists Track the Rising Tide

In this problem set, learners will analyze a graph of global sea level change between 1880 and 2000 to answer a series of questions, including predicting future trends. Answer key is provided. This is part of Earth Math: A Brief Mathematical Guide to Earth Science and Climate Change.
Keywords: Average, Slope, Graph analysis, Linear equations, Modeling
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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Eclipse Safety Bulletin

This 8.5" X 11" bulletin provides safety information for experiencing the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse.
Keywords: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
Audience: Informal education
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Eclipses
Materials Cost: Free
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Elements and You

Students are introduced to the periodic table and the concept of atomic elements. The group discusses how all material in the Universe is composed of elements and that the atom is the smallest particle that still has the physical and chemical properties of any given element.
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, Physical sciences, Chemistry
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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How Can Radar See?

Students are introduced to radar imaging. The 15-page guide begins with a review of the electromagnetic spectrum then provides background information on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Mini-RF radar-imaging device aboard the LRO.
Keywords: Polarization
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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What's the Problem with Isotropy?

In this lesson, students explore the cosmic microwave background to understand why a completely smooth (isotropic) background poses problems for the Universe we see today.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Space Weather Media Viewer

This Flash-based interactive provides access to illustrations, visualizations, videos, and near-real time images of the Sun from a variety of NASA satellites. Learners can access this information to supplement other materials related to the Sun and heliophysics.
Keywords: Sunspot, Solar flare, Coronal mass ejection, Aurora
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families, Informal education, Informal science education professionals
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Heliosphere, 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, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Plasma physics, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar physics
Materials Cost: Free
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MY NASA DATA: Ocean Impacts of an El Niño Event

El Niño impacts sea surface height, sea surface temperature and wind vectors. In this lesson, data for each of those three characteristics from the 1997-98 El Niño event will be analyzed and compared.
Keywords: Sea surface temperature, Sea surface height, El Nino, Wind vectors
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability
Materials Cost: Free
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Lunar Surface

Learners will make a model of the Moon's surface and consider the geologic processes and rocks of each area. This activity is in Unit 2 of the Exploring the Moon teachers guide, which is designed for use especially, but not exclusively, with the Lunar Sample Disk program.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Geology, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Magnetic Storms and Solar Activity

This is a lesson about the Kp index, a common numerical indicator of magnetic storminess. Learners will access and analyze Kp index plots of magnetic storm strength and determine the relative frequency of stronger versus weaker magnetic storms during periods of higher and lower solar activity.
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Earth's magnetic field, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions
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Moon Mythbusters

This is an activity about the Moon's influence on Earth. Learners think like a scientist - with reasoning skills and a healthy amount of skepticism - to sort puzzle pieces containing statements about the Moon into two images.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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