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)

Space Weather Software

This software package displays movies and images of the aurora and the Sun in various wavelengths from the ground and from NASA spacecraft; a tutorial about what space weather is and how the aurora is formed; and more.
Keywords: Space weather, Auroras
Audience: High school, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Informal science education professionals
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Space weather
Materials Cost: Free
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Using Mathematical Models to Investigate Planetary Habitability: Activity B Making a Simple Mathematical Mode

In this activity, students build a simple computer model to determine the black body surface temperature of planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Keywords: Solar constant, Black body, Deriving equations, Energy Budget, Global Warming, Global Climate Systems, Greenhouse Effect, Systems Interactions, Mathematical modeling
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Life sciences, Ecology and ecosystems, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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Electromagnets

This is an activity about the properties of electromagnets, which is a crucial underpinning for understanding how magnetic fields are generated in nature, in the surface of the Sun, and in the interior of Earth.
Keywords: Magnetism
Audience: High school
Topic: Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Comet on a Stick

In this activity, learners replicate the scientific processes of observing, forming an explanation, revising and communicating about a model of a comet. Learners construct a model of features of a comet using an assortment of common craft supplies.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Asteroids and comets, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Engineering and technology, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Distance to the Moon

Learners will use simple sports balls as scale models of Earth and the Moon. Given the astronomical distance between Earth and the Moon, students will determine the scale of the model system and the distance that must separate the two models.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: Free
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Titan and other Moons of Saturn

This is a lesson about Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Learners will examine and sort through images of Saturn's varied moons to see characteristics they share and those which set them apart. Students will write a paragraph about Saturn’s moons and explain how they sorted them.
Keywords: Visual analysis
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, The nature of science
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Classifying Galaxies Using Hubble's Fork Diagram

In this activity, students explore the idea of classifying objects. They start by giving examples of objects that can be classified in everyday life and in science. They then characterize and classify a set of galaxies using their own scheme, and using Hubble's classification scheme.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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How Does Light Travel?

This is an activity about how light travels. Learners will perform two experiments. The first explores blocking light to create shadows. The second asks learners to use mirrors to figure out that light travels in a straight line. This is Activity 4 of the Sun As a Star afterschool curriculum.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Informal science education professionals
Topic: Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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Mission Possible-How Can we Plan an Exploration of Another World?

The goal of this lesson is for students to understand how to plan a mission to another world in the solar system. They begin by discussing the path of a spacecraft traveling between planets, examining the journey from the Earth to Mars as an example.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, The nature of science, The nature of technology
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How Has the Debate Changed Over Decades?

In this guided research investigation, students investigate the process of science and build media literacy by studying the public debate about climate change. Students compare media articles from 1989-2010, and observe that statements differ according to the source and publication date.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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