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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GLOBE: Contrail Formation Tutorial

In this interactive tutorial, learners can explore the physics of contrail formation in the atmosphere and develop the ability to recognize the several types of contrails that form under varying atmospheric conditions. Practice classifying the type and abundance of contrails.
Keywords: Clouds, Contrails, 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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Coastal Upwelling: Upwelling and Remote Sensing-Other Considerations

This self-paced, interactive tutorial examines upwelling in non-coastal regions of the ocean as well as the factors that influence algal blooms.
Keywords: Eppley curve, Equatorial upwelling, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), Turbidity, Primary productivity
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, 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, Life sciences, Ecology and ecosystems
Materials Cost: Free
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How to Talk to a Spacecraft: Binary Code

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory uses binary code to gather information about Earth's surface. That code, in the form of two numbers (1's and 0's) is then read and converted by computers into images.
Keywords: Digital images, Binary data, Bonary code
Audience: Informal education
Topic: Engineering and technology
Materials Cost: Free
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What is an Oscillation Amplitude?

This is an activity about oscillation. Learners will observe, time, and graph the data of the side to side motion of the mirror used in the soda bottle magnetometer activity to determine the mirror's oscillation amplitude.
Audience: High school
Topic: Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Motion and forces
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Women in the High-Energy Universe

Women connected with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory share their personal career motivations and career advice.
Keywords: Astrophysicist, Physics, Women in STEM, Careers
Audience: Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families, Informal education, Parents/caregivers
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, The nature of science
Materials Cost: Free
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Size and Scale of the Universe

In this hands-on activity, students learn about the different realms of the Universe and explore their sizes and relative scales.
Keywords: NSTA2013
Audience: Middle school, Grades 6-8, High school, High school, Grade 9, High school, Grade 10, High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Size and scale
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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How does the Sun Shine?

This textbook chapter introduces Earth’s external energy source, and the nuclear fusion reactions that power the Sun, space weather and space storms. There is an interview with solar scientist, Dr. Janet Luhmann, UC-Berkeley.
Keywords: Coronal Mass Ejections (CME)
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Earth's energy budget, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Space weather, Physical sciences, Energy
Materials Cost: Free
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Wow, Saturn is Much Bigger than Earth!

Learners will compare the sizes of Saturn and Earth by making to-scale illustrations. Students also label and caption their illustrations using scientific language. This is lesson 3 of 10 in "Reading, Writing & Rings!" for grades 1-2.
Keywords: size of planets
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets, Mathematics, Measurement
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Solar Week Tuesday: Learn about Solar Close-Ups

This is a reading associated with activities during Solar Week, a twice-yearly event in March and October during which classrooms are able to interact with scientists studying the Sun. Outside of Solar Week, information, activities, and resources are archived and available online at any time.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school, High school, Grade 9
Topic: Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Physical sciences, Light and optics
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Our Wet, Wide World Video

This short video (4:06) provides an overview of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.
Keywords: Precipitation, Meteorology
Audience: Middle school, High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Informal education, General public
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, Engineering and technology
Materials Cost: Free
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