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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In the Fog About Smog: Solving the Smog Problem on Earth and from Space

This ChemMatters article provides a brief background on smog, then examines the causes of it, efforts to reduce it, and methods used to measure it. ChemMatters is an educational magazine for high school students.
Keywords: Air pollution, Ozone, Volatile Organic Compound
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Physical sciences, Chemistry, The nature of science
Materials Cost: Free
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The Magnetosphere

This is a lesson plan for an activity to introduce several terms scientists use to discuss Earth's magnetic field.
Keywords: Magnetopause, Bow shock, Magnetotail, Cusp, Plasmasphere
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Earth's magnetic field, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Magnetosphere, Earth and space science, Solar system, The sun, Solar-terrestrial interactions
Materials Cost: Free
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Modeling Hot and Cold Planets: Activity C Approximating the Average Surface Temperature of the Earth

In this activity, students explore the importance of adequate sampling strategies when conducting a scientific investigation.
Keywords: Estimation, Average temperature, Surface temperature, Data structures, Data collection, Data analysis, Mars colonization, Mathematical models, GCM
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Life sciences, Ecology and ecosystems, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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DataStreme: Earth's Climate System Investigations

This 13-week online course focuses on the global climate system, which includes Earth's oceans, atmosphere and land along with human interactions with each. Offered twice a year, the course is directed towards middle school teachers, but is open to all K-12 teachers.
Keywords: Earth system science, Teacher professional development course
Audience: Vocational/professional development
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Climate
Materials Cost: Free
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Why is the Sky Blue and the Sunsets Red?

In this activity, students experience a demonstration of light scattering that explains the blue colors in the Intersetllar Medium (ISM) nebulae, and the reddening of stars viewed through the ISM.
Audience: High school, Higher education, Undergraduate, Non-majors, Higher education, Undergraduate, Majors, Higher education, Technical
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Stars, nebulae and galaxies, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Physical sciences, Light and optics
Materials Cost: $1 - $5
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S'COOL Lesson: Create a Cloud in a Bottle (Demonstration Version)

With this lesson plan, students observe a demonstration of cloud formation that uses a 2L plastic beverage bottle and other simple ingredients to learn the three factors required for cloud formation. A test and a control experiment are conducted.
Keywords: Condensation nuclei, Experimental control
Audience: Elementary school, Middle school
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth processes, Weather, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Atmosphere, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1
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Automatic Windshield Wipers

A caller on an automotive-themed radio program asked for help with a problem. It seems that when it rained her windshield wipers sometimes turned themselves on. How is this possible? This resource provides an explanation by exploring electrical currents.
Keywords: Conductivity, Conduction, Water, Ion, Wire, Battery, Motor
Audience: Middle school
Topic: Physical sciences, Electricity and magnetism
Materials Cost: $10 - $20
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NASA eClips™ Real World: Citizen Science

Interested in becoming a citizen scientist? Join Dr. Michelle Thaller as she explains how the general public, using scientific protocols, careful observations and accurate measurements, can help NASA make exciting new discoveries. NASA eClips™ are short, relevant educational video segments.
Keywords: Citizen science, The GLOBE Program
Audience: Middle school, Informal education, Middle school programming, Informal education, General public, Informal education, Families
Topic: Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing, Mathematics, Data collection, analysis and probability, Mathematics, Measurement, Mathematics, Number and operations, The nature of science, The scientific process
Materials Cost: Free
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The Adventure of Echo the Bat

This interactive adventure uses a Landsat mosaic of Arizona as the interface. Students need to interpret satellite imagery to receive clues to Echo the Bat's location. As students find Echo, additional content about remote sensing and biodiversity is introduced.
Keywords: Bats
Audience: Elementary school, Grades 3-5
Topic: Earth and space science, Earth structure, Landforms/geography, Earth and space science, Earth structure, Vegetation/land cover, Engineering and technology, Image processing and visualization, Engineering and technology, Remote sensing
Materials Cost: Free
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Coma Clusters

Students begin this lesson by creating a galaxy classification system for a collection of Hubble Space Telescope images. Following an explanation of galaxy morphological types, students then use additional images to identify and count the galaxy types.
Keywords: Elliptical galaxies, Lenticular galaxies, Spiral galaxies
Audience: High school
Topic: Earth and space science, Astronomy, Origins and evolution of the universe
Materials Cost: Free
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