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)

Kinesthetic Astronomy

In this kinesthetic activity, learners act out the rotation and revolution motions of Earth around the Sun over the course of one year.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Seasons
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Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (GRaND) Interactive

In this online interactive, learners will explore how scientists learn about the composition of an asteroid by studying energy and neutrons that emanate from it. Includes audio (and transcription) explaining the diagram.
Keywords: Cosmic ray, Neutron capture, Radioactive
Audience: High school, Grade 11, High school, Grade 12, Higher education
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Asteroids and comets, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary geology, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing
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Layers of Ice

This is a lesson about the formation of glaciers, ice layering and stratigraphy, and the cryosphere and cryobotics.
Keywords: Kinesthetic activity
Audience: Pre-kindergarten, Elementary school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Geologic processes, Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Geology, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Mathematics, Measurement, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, Physical sciences, Energy, Physical sciences, States of matter, The nature of science, Science and society, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Over $20
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What Causes a Solar Storm?

This is a tri-fold brochure about the solar storms known as coronal mass ejections. The text in this brochure addresses such topics as what a coronal mass ejection, or CME, is, how the Sun produces CMEs, how a CME behaves, when they happen and how we see them, and how CMEs affect Earth.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Space weather, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar physics
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Length of the Day

In this activity, students measure the length of the day using the rotation of the Earth, and discover that the Sun is not exactly in the same place at the same clock time every day, understand that the changes are due to motions of the Earth, and lead to differences in solar, star, and sidereal

Keywords: Sidereal day, Analemma, Astronomy, Earth's orbit
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Days
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Magnetic Fields of the Earth and Sun

This is an activity that compares the magnetic field of the Earth to the complex magnetic field of the Sun.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, 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: Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Magnetosphere
Materials Cost: Over $20
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Introduction to Creating a Mission Plan

In this lesson, learners will become familiar with the layout of a mission plan. This is lesson 12 of 24 from the collection, Mars Activities, and should be done prior to lesson 13: Remote Vehicle Activity.
Keywords: Mission Plan
Audience: High school, Middle school, Grades 6-8
Topic: The nature of science, The scientific process
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International Space Station LABS: Science Activity 2 Matter: Growing Space Crystals

Leaners will grow a sugar crystal and learn how this relates to growing protein crystals in space. The lack of gravity allows scientists on the space station to grow big, almost perfect crystals, which are used to help design new medicines.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school, Middle school
Topic: Physical sciences, States of matter, Physical sciences, Structure and properties of matter, The nature of science, Science and society
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Life in Icy Places

This is a lesson about the field of astrobiology, the study of life in the universe, and ice as a preservative for evidence of life. Learners will consider the relationship between ice and life as they investigate the conditions required for life to exist and sustain itself.
Audience: Pre-kindergarten, Elementary school, Middle school, Grades 6-8, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Origin/formation of solar system, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Life sciences, Astrobiology, Physical sciences, Heat and thermodynamics, Physical sciences, Chemistry, Physical sciences, States of matter, The nature of science, Science and society, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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Climate Kids: How Do We Know the Climate Is Changing?

This question is addressed through a series of questions and answers, each providing related introductory information such as how climate change is studied, the history of Earth’s climate, and the effects of climate change on Earth’s geology and biology.
Keywords: Global warming, Environment, Carbon dioxide, Ice cores
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 structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Cryosphere, Earth and space science, Earth history, Geologic time, The nature of science, Science and society
Materials Cost: Free
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