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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Where Do They Come From? The Meteorite-Asteroid Connection

This is a lesson about the path meteorites take to get from the asteroid belt to Earth and how rare it is for the Earth to be hit by a large asteroid. Three activities comprise the lesson.
Keywords: meteorite
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Asteroids and comets, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Motion and forces
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MRC: Mission Measurements (Grades 6-8)

This is a lesson about how to answer a scientific or engineering question.
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Life sciences, Astrobiology, The nature of science, The scientific process, The nature of technology, The design process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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The Nature of Salt

This is a hands-on lab activity about the composition of salt. Learners will explain the general relationship between an element's Periodic Table Group Number and its tendency to gain or lose electron(s), and explain the difference between molecular compounds and ionic compounds.
Keywords: Sodium chloride, Ocean salinity
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Physical sciences, Chemistry
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Playdough Planets

Learners create scale models of Earth, the moon, and Mars out of playdough. Based on the size of the models, they must determine the relative distance between them and then display them at that scale. This activity was designed for use in a library program.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Size and scale, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Number and operations
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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Think Scientifically: The Sun and The Water Cycle

Learners will read or listen to a story about two sisters, Marisol and Sofia, as they explore the Sun's role in the water cycle.
Keywords: Evaporation, Precipitation, Heat energy, Condensation, Surface runoff, Groundwater, Graphic novel, Comic
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Informal education, Elementary school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geochemical cycles, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Physical sciences, States of matter
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Cool Cosmos: The Multiwavelength Astronomy Gallery

This website has gathered images taken at different wavelengths by a variety of ground-based and space-borne observatories, including selected astronomical objects in the famous Messier catalog, as well as for some non-Messier objects.
Audience: Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Earth and space science, Solar system, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: Free
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Multi-Step Equations

This is a set of one-page problems about mass and power of spacecraft. Learners will use multi-step equations to solve several diverse problems.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8
Topic: Mathematics, Algebra
Materials Cost: Free
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The pH Game

This learning activity engages students in measurement of pH in water and soil samples, plants and other natural materials. By mixing different substances, they observe how pH changes, and become familiar with the pH of common household products.
Keywords: Hydrology, Acidity, Alkalinity
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Chemistry, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Resonating Atmosphere

Using a paper and tape device, students experience how atoms and molecules of gas in Earth’s atmosphere absorb electromagnetic energy through resonance.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Physical sciences, Light and optics, Physical sciences, Vibration and waves
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Exploring Planetary Moons

This is a collection of mathematics problems relating to the moons of the solar system.
Keywords: Size and Scale, Proportion, Surfaces, Craters
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics
Materials Cost: Free
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