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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Supernova Remnant SNR 0509 lithograph

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows what appears to be a delicate bubble of gas floating serenely in space. In actuality, the bubble is the visible remnant of a powerful supernova explosion called SNR 0509. The bubble was formed from gas being swept up by the expanding shock wave.
Audience: High school, Informal education, General public, High school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
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SDO Data in the Classroom

This set of physics-based labs uses data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.
Keywords: Solar activity, Data analysis
Audience: Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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Build Your Own Spectroscope

Learners will build a spectroscope and use it to observe various types of lights. This activity requires spectroscope kits, diffraction gratings and fluorescent and incandescent light sources. The kits are available for purchase in packs of 25 from Astronomers without Borders.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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International Space Station LABS: Engineering Activity 1 Structures: Toothpick Truss

Learners will construct two different types of trusses to develop an understanding of engineering design for truss structures and the role of shapes in the strength of structures. For optimum completion - this activity should span 3 class periods to allow the glue on the structures to dry.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school
Topic: Engineering and technology, Mathematics, The nature of technology, The design process
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Water Cycle Webquest

Students are introduced to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission and its role in studying the water cycle. This webquest provides links to eight websites, allowing middle school students to explore the water cycle and its impacts on Earth's weather and climate.
Keywords: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Run-off, Water vapor, Salinity
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geochemical cycles, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, Physical sciences, Energy
Materials Cost: Free
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Breathable: NASA Monitors Our Changing Air Quality

This twelve-minute YouTube video incorporates NASA imagery and visualizations as it traces the history of air quality research.
Keywords: Air pollution
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere
Materials Cost: Free
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Investigating Air Quality from Space: Exploring NASA's Aura Satellite Ozone Monitoring Instrument

This worksheet introduces students to the Aura satellite and its Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI). Students are asked to visit the Aura website and examine OMI data visualizations to learn about emissions of atmospheric gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and nitrogen dioxide.
Keywords: Air pollution
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: Free
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Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula Lithograph

This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows light from hot stars eating away the surface of the dust and gas cloud in this region of the Eagle Nebula to reveal a pillar composed of denser material. The text includes information about the process of star formation taking place in the nebula.
Audience: High school, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Informal education, General public, High school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies
Materials Cost: Free
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The Great Gulf Oil Catastrophe of 2010

In this problem set, learners will analyze a satellite image of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico to answer questions about the extent, density and thickness of the oil leak. Answer key is provided.
Keywords: Scale, Area, Volume, Density
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Number and operations, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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Seeing Interference Fringes

In this demonstration, students detect the interference of waves and measure wave phenomena using an experimental apparatus consisting of a laser pointer, a second surface mirror scrap (like a bathroom mirror) binder clips, razor blade, ruler, and a white wall or projection screen.
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Physical sciences, Vibration and waves
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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