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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Graphing Functions

Students learn about changes in sea ice observed by NASA satellites through reading a NASA press release. By viewing a NASA eClips™ video segment, students discover how scientists study the effects of global climate change on Earth's biomes.
Keywords: Graphing
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8
Topic: Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability
Materials Cost: Free
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Supernova! Outreach Toolkit

This toolkit includes PowerPoints and scripts, videos and accompanying activities and handouts about supernovae.
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, High school programming, Informal education, General public
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
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Mud Splat Craters

This activity is about crater formation in the solar system. Through a simulation using mud and other materials, learners will observe crater formation and identify the distinctive features of impact sites. A diagram with crater features labeled is available.
Keywords: Craters
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Geology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary geology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, The nature of science, The scientific process
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Climate Kids: What Is the Big Deal With Carbon?

Through a series of questions and answers, readers are introduced to the basic fundamentals of the carbon cycle and the importance of carbon as a greenhouse gas.
Keywords: Global warming
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, 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, Biosphere, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: Free
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Evidence for the Expanding Universe

In this activity, students examine the first line of evidence, galactic motion, for the notion of an expanding universe. By examining the spectrum of light from a galaxy, students can determine whether a galaxy is moving toward or away from us, and how fast.
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe, Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: Free
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GLOBE: Cloud Type Practice

This interactive, web-based tool asks a series of questions to help the learner narrow down the type of cloud they are observing. It can be used both for practice and in the field to identify clouds. This resource is part of The GLOBE Program Atmosphere Protocol eTraining for Clouds.
Keywords: Clouds, eTraining
Audience: Middle school, High school, Vocational/professional development
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere
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Polar Studies: Exploring Relationships Between Insolation and Temperature (Part 1)

In this learning activity, students compare changes in insolation with changes in surface temperature in the polar regions using scientific visualizations of global data sets. Links to readings related to the shrinking ice cap and albedo are included.
Keywords: Arctic, Antarctic, Insolation
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, 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, Cryosphere, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Nurturing Life

This is an activity about the requirements of life. Learners will explore what living things need to survive and thrive by creating and caring for a garden plot (outdoors where appropriate) or a container garden (indoors) at the program facility.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Life sciences, Astrobiology, The nature of science, The scientific process
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Fingerprints in Sunlight Presentation and Activities

This is a set of materials about spectroscopy, including a downloadable PowerPoint presentation and two demonstrations or activities. Learners will read and/or hear about the science of spectroscopy, what a spectrum is, and how spectroscopy is important to the study of our Sun.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Elementary school, Elementary school, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12
Topic: Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Physical sciences, Light and optics, Physical sciences, Structure and properties of matter
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The Mathematics of the Simple Oscillator

This is an activity about the mathematics of oscillation.
Audience: High school, Grade 12
Topic: Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Number and operations, Mathematics, Problem solving
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