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 Post-Visit

Intended for use after viewing the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls," this lesson deepens student's understanding of global precipitation measurement.
Keywords: Hurricanes, Tropical cyclones, Extreme weather, Science on a Sphere
Audience: Middle school, Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology, Physical sciences, States of matter, The nature of technology, Technology and society
Materials Cost: Free
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Thinking in Systems

This is a lesson about systems. Learners will use the human body to explore the characteristics of systems. They then choose another system to explore and create a concept map of this system. Finally, they summarize the characteristics of a system.
Keywords: Systems
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure
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Ice Core Records - From Volcanoes to Supernovas

This investigation is based on the GISP2 H-core data collected in 1992 adjacent to the GISP2 Greenland summit drill site. Students examine the seasonal/annual nitrate record and use information from known volcanic eruptions to date the unique signature of the Icelandic volcanoes.
Keywords: Ice cores, Volcanic eruptions, Solar proton events, Supernovas, Ice core nitrate record, Ice core conductivity record
Audience: High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geologic processes, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere
Materials Cost: Free
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International Space Station LABS: Mathematics Activity 2 Orbits: Racing Time in Space

Learners will investigate the relationship between speed, distance, and orbits as they investigate how quickly the International Space Station (ISS) can travel to take a picture of an erupting volcano. This is mathematics activity 2 of 2 found in the ISS L.A.B.S. Educator Resource Guide.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Mathematics
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To Eat or Burn: The Energy's the Same!

Students use a calorimeter made of common materials to demonstrate that energy can be measured and converted from one form to another. Hydrocarbons, such as paraffin, contain stored chemical energy; food contains stored chemical energy.
Keywords: Chemical energy, Heat energy, Calorie, calometry
Audience: High school
Topic: Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, Physical sciences, Energy, Physical sciences, Chemistry
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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Down to Earth: Paint by the Numbers

In this activity, students simulate how light collected from a space object converts into binary data and reconverts into an image of the object. A pencil and paper activity demonstrates how astronomical spacecraft and computers create images of objects in space.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Getting a Feel for Rotation Curves

This activity is a kinesthetic exercise for students to experience rotation curves for themselves. The students are divided into two groups; one group will participate in the activity, while the other observes. The groups should switch for different parts of the activity.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, Physical sciences, Motion and forces
Materials Cost: Free
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Ritter Discovers Ultraviolet

In this activity, students perform a version of the experiment of 1801, in which ultraviolet light was first discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritter.
Audience: Middle school, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school
Topic: Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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Exploring Single Images

In this activity, student teams explore connections between parts of the Earth system, by examining a time series of environmental data maps.
Keywords: Insolation, Surface temperature, Cloud fraction, Precipitation, Aerosols, Global data images
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Biosphere, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Listening to Light

In this activity, students learn that light carries information. Students also discover that infrared (IR) radiation is a form of light that in some cases behaves like visible light and in other cases behaves very differently.
Keywords: Invisible light, NSTA2013
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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