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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SOS Water Falls Pre-Visit

Intended for use prior to viewing the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls," this lesson introduces students to Earth's water cycle and the importance of freshwater resources.
Keywords: Water cycle, Science on a Sphere
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Ocean and water, Physical sciences, States of matter
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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The Tools of Gamma Ray Astronomy

NASA scientist, Neil Gehrels, serves as your guide to this online lesson on gamma ray tools, which focuses on advances in detector technologies since the 1980s that have enabled us to capture and image high-energy phenomena. Dr.
Keywords: Detectors, Gamma ray bursts, Optics, Gamma rays
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, The nature of science
Materials Cost: Free
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ClimateBits: Fast Carbon, Slow Carbon

This video is narrated by NASA scientist Peter Griffith who explains fast and slow carbon cycling on Earth. A banana is an example of fast, young carbon. A chunk of coal is an example of old, slow carbon.
Keywords: Carbon cycle, Science on a Sphere
Audience: Informal education
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geochemical cycles, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Physical sciences, Energy, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: Free
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Soil Chapter-The Data Game

To determine if data values are reasonable, students need to understand the units of measurement and be able to estimate the expected range of values in data.
Keywords: Outliers, Value, Data, Estimation
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
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The Evidence is "Clear"!

In this lesson, students consider observations and inferences to determine the support for each of two theories on the origin of the universe: Steady State and Big Bang.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe, The nature of science
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Chandra Photo Album

This collection features images taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory, including image descriptions and comparison with optical images. Search options include chronological listings, images by category, and images by interest such as multi-wavelength and top rated images.
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Earth and space science, Solar system
Materials Cost: Free
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What Heats the Earth's Interior?

In this textbook chapter, students learn about the source of the Earth's internal heat engine, convection in the Earth's core, the role of superplumes in Earth's history, and the influence of tectonic activity on the Earth's climate.
Keywords: Universal law of gravitation, Magma, Plate tectonics, Carbon cycle
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geologic processes, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Geology
Materials Cost: Free
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A Simple Model for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

In this problem set, learners will create and use a differential equation of rate-of-change of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Keywords: Keeling Curve, Gigaton, Differential equation, Carbon sink, Model
Audience: High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics, Problem solving, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: Free
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Super Star Meets the Plucky Planet... Or, how Earth and Sun come to mutual understanding and respect

This is an animated and narrated storybook about the Sun and its effects on Earth. Learners will read or hear about characteristics of the Sun and Earth that influence their interaction.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Families, Informal education, Informal science education professionals
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun
Materials Cost: Free
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Solar Convection

Learners will use hot and cold water to see how fluids at different temperature move around in convection currents. This activity is from the DIY Sun Science app and is for ages 10 and up.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Families, Informal education, Parents/caregivers
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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