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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Build an LRO

Learners will create their own models of lunar orbiters out of edible or non-edible materials. They determine what tools would be necessary to help us better understand the Moon and plan for a future lunar outpost. Then they incorporate these elements into their models.
Keywords: Spacecraft models
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Spin! Day and Night

Learners explore Earth's rotation and the Moon's role in our 24-hour day, using their bodies to explore and model the Earth's daily motions in this kinethetic exploration.
Audience: Informal education, Elementary school programming, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Youth public, Informal education, Families
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth, moon and sun, Days, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary science, Earth and space science, Solar system, The moon, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun
Materials Cost: Free
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Exploring Crustal Materials from a Mystery Planet

Common materials such as sand, gravel, pebbles, shells, etc. are used to represent crustal materials from an unknown planet. Students begin by sorting, classifying, and making observations about the sample.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2, Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle 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, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Predicting Weather by Connecting the Basic Cloud Types with Information Collected from the Weather Station

In this activity, students are challenged to predict the next day's weather based on cloud observations, prevailing winds, and barometric measurements over a period of several days.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $5 - $10
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Earth to Saturn, Earth to Saturn!

Learners will use drawing and writing to explore the comparative features of Saturn and Earth.
Audience: Elementary school, Grades K-2
Topic: Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planets
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Drawing a Sunspot Map

This is an activity about observing and mapping sunspots by direct solar observation. Learners will use a small telescope, binoculars, or a Sunspotter to create a projected image of the Sun and trace the position of any observed sunspots on a piece of paper.
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, Solar physics
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Principles in Remote Sensing: Remote Sensors and Data Collection

This self-paced, interactive tutorial provides learners with an opportunity to learn about remote sensors, and the role remote-sensing instruments play in our understanding of the Earth system.
Keywords: Sampling rate, Nadir, Limb, Dwell time, Spectral resolution, Instantaneous field of view
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, The nature of technology, The design process
Materials Cost: Free
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Water Detectives

In this introductory classroom activity, students exercise their scientific skills of observation and deduction as they use their senses and simple laboratory assays, such as pH indicator paper, to identify mystery pollutants in water samples. Activity includes a student worksheet.
Keywords: Observation, pH, Water pollution, NSTA2013
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5, Middle school, High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Ocean and water, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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Can Venus and Mars Be Made Habitable?

This activity is about planetary climate.
Keywords: Terraforming, Atmospheric dynamics, Albedo, Energy Budget, Global Warming, System interactions, Greenhouse gas, Planetary climate, Feedback loops, Mathematical modeling
Audience: 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, Atmosphere, Earth and space science, Solar system, Comparative planetology, Earth and space science, Solar system, Planetary atmospheres, Life sciences, Ecology and ecosystems, Mathematics, Problem solving
Materials Cost: Free
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Cosmic Microwave Background

In this lesson, students explore the cosmic microwave background to understand why it permeates the universe and why it peaks as microwave radiation.
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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