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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Planet Hunters Educators Guide

Using the 5-E model, these lessons introduce planets, planetary systems, star types, exoplanets, transits, light curves, and the Planet Hunters citizen science project. Supplemental materials include data/image sheets. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are identified.
Keywords: Citizen science
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe, Earth and space science, Solar system, Life sciences, Astrobiology, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Five Stars Afterschool Curriculum: Using Light as a Tool to Understand the Electromagnetic Spectrum

This afterschool curriculum includes six lessons plus supplementary materials (e.g., videos, PowerPoint presentations, and images) that explore how light from the electromagnetic spectrum is used as a tool for learning about the Sun.
Keywords: Electromagnetic Spectrum
Audience: Middle school, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Informal science education professionals
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, 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, Solar physics, Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism, Physical sciences, Light and optics, Physical sciences, Vibration and waves, The nature of science, The scientific process
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Creating Color Pictures Using Images From NASA's WISE Mission

This guide provides instructions on how to make color pictures using images downloaded from the WISE archive.
Audience: High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12, Higher education, Informal education, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public
Topic: Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization
Materials Cost: Free
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Is There Life on Other Worlds? The Drake Equation

This activity uses Dr. Drake's framework to have students consider the implications of each term and make their own estimates of life in the Milky Way galaxy. This activity is part of a guide that was developed in conjunction with the Cosmic Questions exhibit and complements a museum visit.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability
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Space Place: Let's Go to Mars!

Learners will decide on the appropriateness of items to take on a long trip to Mars and take into consideration the effects of zero gravity, limited electrical power, etc.
Keywords: Mars exploration
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft
Materials Cost: Free
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Is There a Future for Subsistence Agriculture?

Subsistence agriculture is introduced and described through text, satellite images, space shuttle photos, ground photos and maps.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Vegetation/land cover, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, The nature of technology, Technology and society
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Geometry to the Rescue: A Story in Pictures

Problem: How do you measure an angle with a protector, when that angle is between two solid walls?
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Mathematics, Geometry
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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My Take on the Moon

This is an activity about the Moon's formation, changes over time, gravitational connection to Earth, or influence on our culture and urban legends.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Earth and space science, Solar system, Origin/formation of solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, The nature of science
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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How to Calculate Sea Ice Changes

This set of three videos illustrates how math is used in satellite data analysis. NASA climate scientist Claire Parkinson explains how the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice covers are measured from satellite data and how math is used to determine trends in the data.
Keywords: Arctic, Antarctic, Applied mathematics, Sea ice, Climate change, Trends, Slopes, Least squares fitting
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Problem solving, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Words into Math

Students will learn more about how the orbit of the International Space Station changes as a result of atmospheric drag through reading a NASA press release and viewing a NASA eClips™ video segment.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Mathematics, Number and operations
Materials Cost: Free
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