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)

Mission: Solar System - Inspector Detector

Learners design and build a device that can pass above a surface and detect magnetic fields. This resource includes a challenge video, leader notes, and handouts.
Keywords: Magnetism, Engineering design, Inverse square law, Careers, Magnetometers
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school, Middle school, Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism, The nature of technology, The design process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Learning to Look, Looking to See

In this activity serving as an introduction to remote sensing, students list what they remember seeing in a familiar environment, check their accuracy, and discuss the results.
Audience: Elementary school, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Vegetation/land cover, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, The nature of technology, Technology and society
Materials Cost: Free
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Freeze Frames Ice Quiz

Participants respond to 10 multiple-choice questions related to glaciers and ice-caps. Immediate feedback, explanations and a final score are provided.
Keywords: Interactive
Audience: High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Informal education, General public
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere
Materials Cost: Free
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Hunting Icebergs: Tracking Icebergs

This self-paced, interactive tutorial teaches how to estimate the travel time, acceleration, and trajectory of iceberg movement from satellite images. Factors that impact the complex motion of icebergs, such as weather, ice processes and oceanographic influences are also explored.
Keywords: Ross Ice Shelf, McMurdo, Ice calving
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: Free
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving

Learners will explore the relationship between angular size, actual size, and distance by using their finger, thumb and fist as a unit of angular measurement. Includes teacher background, student data sheet, and extensions.
Audience: Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Earth and space science, Astronomy, Size and scale, Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematics, Measurement
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Creature Feature

This lesson is comprised of four parts grouped to enable student appreciation of the importance of making accurate scientific observations, descriptions, and drawings. In part one (The Truth is Out There), students describe an object given to them by their instructor.
Keywords: Science process skills, Language arts
Audience: Middle school, High school
Topic: Mathematics, Measurement, The nature of science, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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The Search for Planets Around Other Stars: An Introductory Resource Guide for College Instructors

The discovery and characterization of exoplanets is one of the most exciting and fast-changing areas in modern astronomical research.
Keywords: Exoplanets, Extrasolar planets
Audience: Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
Materials Cost: Free
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A Look at the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project

In this activity, students analyze a 2011 article by physicist Dr. Richard Muller addressing the climate change skeptic's claim that the scientific data used to support global warming is poor or unreliable.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, Science and society, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Predicting the Consequences of Changes for Human Civilization (Grades 7-9)

This unit focuses on the impacts of climate change on humans. Students participate in activities using "Character Cards" (included with the unit).
Keywords: Decision making
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school, Grade 9, Informal education, Middle school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Seeing Magnetism

This is lesson to begin learners' thinking about magnetic influence. Learners will watch a classroom demonstration about the effect of magnets on iron filings and then complete a journal assignment to record their reactions and thoughts.
Audience: Middle school, High school
Topic: Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism
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