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.
1604 result(s)

Neato-Magneto Planets

This is an activity about magnetic fields.
Keywords: Jupiter, Planetary magnetism, Magnetism
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism
Materials Cost: Over $20
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Rover Races

Learners will simulate the challenges in communications that engineers face when operating a Mars rover from Earth.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school, Grade 9
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, The nature of technology, The design process
Materials Cost: Free
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How Do Satellites Send Images and How Do We Use Them?

The activities contained in this lesson are designed to introduce students to the basic characteristics of satellite images and their scientific importance.
Keywords: Remote sensing
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Earth Exploration Toolbook: Is Greenland Melting?

Users explore data, using My World GIS, that characterize the dynamic Greenland Ice Sheet. By examining photographs, map views, and tabular data, users gain an understanding of how and why scientists are monitoring the ice sheet and what they are finding.
Keywords: GIS, Mass balance, Mapping, Image analysis, Climate change, Arctic
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Life sciences, Ecology and ecosystems, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Making a Sundial

Students will gain an understanding of the daily movement of the sun across the sky by conducting a set of simple, quantitative observations using a sundial they have constructed.
Keywords: Solar noon, Gnomon
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Days
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Auroral Battery Electrical Circuit

This is a lesson about the mathematics of auroras. Learners will be exposed to the mathematical formulas that are used to estimate how much magnetic energy is available in the magnetic tail region of Earth.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Earth's magnetic field, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions, Mathematics, Problem solving
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Girls Go to Mars: A Tale of Two Planets

This series of investigative activities for Cadette Girl Scouts begins with an overview of our inner solar system, emphasizes the planetary histories of Mars, Earth and Venus, then concludes with evidence for the greenhouse effect on Earth.
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary atmospheres, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science
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GLOBE: Hydrosphere Protocol eTraining

The hydrosphere (water, ice, and vapor) is the focus of this GLOBE eTraining module. Protocols for investigating many characteristics of water such as temperature, transparency, electrical conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, nitrates, and identifying mosquito larvae are explained.
Keywords: Hydrosphere, Properties of water, Mosquito larvae and habitats, Citizen science
Audience: Vocational/professional development
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Life sciences, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Structure and properties of matter
Materials Cost: Free
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Design Challenge: How do You Keep Things from Getting Too Hot?

This is a lesson about designing and building an effective sunshade for a model MESSENGER craft. Learners will build a model of MESSENGER. They will use a scientific approach to solve problems and work as a cooperative team.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, Physical sciences, Energy, The nature of science, Science and society, The nature of science, The scientific process, The nature of technology, The design process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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The Sun: An Introduction

This is an activity about basic properties of the Sun. Learners will first identify what they already know about the sun. Then, a book is read out loud in class and students are asked to identify Sun-related vocabulary words.
Keywords: NSTA2013
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun
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