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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SOS Water Falls Pre-Visit

Intended for use prior to viewing the Science on a Sphere film "Water Falls," this lesson introduces students to Earth's water cycle and the importance of freshwater resources.
Keywords: Water cycle, Science on a Sphere
Audience: Informal education, Middle school programming, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Ocean and water, Physical sciences, States of matter
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Stellar Evolution: Our Cosmic Connection

In this activity, students use multiwavelength images of stars in different stages of evolution to investigate how the initial masses of the protostars determines their evolutionary paths.
Audience: Informal education, General public, High school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
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The Incredible Two-Inch Universe

In this activity, learners explore the size and scale of the universe by shrinking cosmic scale in 4 steps, zooming out from the realm of the Earth and Moon to the realm of the galaxies. This informational brochure was designed as a follow-up take-home activity for teen and adult audiences.
Audience: Informal education, General public, Youth public
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Size and scale, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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MRC: Overview of the Solar System (Grades 3-5)

This is a lesson about the size and scale of planets in the solar system. Learners will kinesthetically model the order of the planets outward from the sun. Then they will use a string and beads to create a model to represent the relative distances between the planets.
Keywords: Kinesthetic activity
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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