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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Dawn: Find a Meteorite

This online activity introduces the importance of meteorites to the understanding of the origin of the Solar System. Learners will use a key to determine if samples are meteorites.
Keywords: Meteorites, Meteorite identification
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school, High school, Grade 9, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public, 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
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Teacher Background: The Dancing Lights Program

Dancing Lights: Exploring the Aurora through Art and Writing is a science-in-literacy program about the aurora. Students in grades 3-5 write and illustrate their perceptions, ideas, and facts pertaining to auroral science.
Keywords: Sun, Magnetic field, Coronal mass ejections, Flares, Solar wind, Aurora, Solar activity, Space weather
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, 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
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Simplified Clinometer Interactive

In this virtual field experience, learners construct and use a clinometer to measure the height of a tree on level ground using the GLOBE protocol for measuring tree and shrub height. This resource is part of The GLOBE Program Biosphere Protocol eTraining.
Keywords: Citizen science, Tree height
Audience: Middle school, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school, High school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12, Higher education, Higher education, Undergraduate, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Higher education, Undergraduate, Pre-service teachers
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Biosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Vegetation/land cover
Materials Cost: Free
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Multiwavelength Astronomy: Gamma Ray Science

Dieter Hartmann, a high-energy physicist, presents a story-based lesson on the science of Gamma-Ray astronomy. The lesson focuses on gamma-ray bursts; examining their sources, types, and links to the origin and evolution of the Universe.
Keywords: Electromagnetic spectrum, Photons, Spectroscopy
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe, Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, The nature of science
Materials Cost: Free
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Geomagnetism I: Polar Wander

This is an activity about the movement, or "wandering," of our Earth's magnetic poles.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Earth's magnetic field, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: Free
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Iron Filings and (2-3D) Magnetic Field Lines

This is a lesson to demonstrate magnetic field lines in 2- and 3-dimensions. In the first activity, learners sprinkle iron filings over a magnet underneath a paper and record their observations.
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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SciJinks: What Causes Lightning and Thunder?

This article explains the causes of lightning and thunder, and shows what it looks like from space. 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.
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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Constructing a Model of Surface Ozone

Students will work in teams to create visual models to assist in understanding the volume of surface ozone in the air. Students construct cubes of different volumes and compare them to get a feel for parts per million by volume and parts per billion by volume.
Keywords: Volume, Visual model, NSTA2013
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Mathematics, Geometry
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field Lithograph

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field lithograph shows the deepest visible light observation of the early universe. In vibrant contrast to the image's rich harvest of classic spiral and elliptical galaxies, there is a zoo of oddball galaxies littering the field.
Audience: High school, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Informal education, General public, High school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
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Science Conference

This is an activity about sunspots and solar flares. Learners will work collaboratively to create abstracts detailing their knowledge of sunspots and solar flares and then present their work to the entire audience.
Keywords: Sunspots, Solar flares
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar physics
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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