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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Pulling it All Together

Learners will organize their knowledge of Saturn and Cassini to prepare to write one of the following types of nonfiction for their final piece: descriptive (poetry), compare and contrast, or summary.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, The nature of science, The nature of technology
Materials Cost: Free
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Vectors from A to B

This is an activity about vectors and velocity. It outlines the addition and subtraction of vectors, and introduces the application of trigonometry to describing vectors.
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Mathematics, Problem solving, Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism
Materials Cost: Free
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Algebra 2

This is a book containing over 200 problems spanning over 70 specific topic areas covered in a typical Algebra II course. Learners can encounter a selection of application problems featuring astronomy, earth science and space exploration, often with more than one example in a specific category.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Earth's magnetic field, 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, Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematics, Number and operations, Mathematics, Problem solving
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SciJinks: What's a Derecho?

This article explains the severe weather phenomenon known as a derecho. SciJinks is a joint NASA/NOAA educational website targeting middle school-aged children and their educators. It explores weather and Earth science through articles, videos, images, and games.
Keywords: Thunderstorms
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather
Materials Cost: Free
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What Is Energy?

In this introductory textbook chapter, energy is defined and its sources, forms, and flow are introduced. Students are introduced to the first law of thermodynamics, conservation of energy. The resource includes links to current news articles, and a suite of pre and post unit assessments.
Keywords: Radiation, Conduction, Convection, Potential energy, Kinetic energy
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics
Materials Cost: Free
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History of Mars Exploration

Learners will research a past, present, or future mission to Mars and share their findings with the group. The group will then create an overall Mars exploration timeline. A script, links for background sources and suggested materials are available.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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How When Affects What I: When you Look, Where you Look

In this introductory global change investigation, students gather and record visual and written data from their surroundings, and through analysis, show how the sampling window chosen for examination can affect an outcome, sometimes resulting in false conclusions.
Keywords: Natural variability, Weather, Pattern recognition
Audience: Middle school, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Interacting Galaxies Arp 273 Lithograph

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows an especially photogenic group of interacting galaxies called Arp 273.
Audience: High school, Grade 11, Grade 12, Informal education, General public, High school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
Materials Cost: Free
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S'COOL: Cloudy Days Are for Reading and Writing

In this activity, students will research weather proverbs, analyze the scientific validity of three weather proverbs and present their reasoning in an essay.
Keywords: Science and literature, Atmosphere, Reading
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: Free
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Active Accretion

Learners dynamically dynamically model the growth of asteroids from specks of matter. Similar to tag, the children run around, have fun, and burn off energy. Different from tag, there is science involved! The end of activity debriefing discusses strengths and limits of the model.
Keywords: Kinesthetic activity, Evidence, Models
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Asteroids and comets, Earth and space science, Solar system, Origin/formation of solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets
Materials Cost: Free
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