MESSENGER Education Modules:
Comparative Planetology

By studying Mercury, we look at the diversity of worlds and add to the knowledge base about the Solar System, its formation, and evolution.

Grades	Lessons
K-2	Making Models to Understand our Home	A View of Home from the Front Door and from Space	Taking a Voyage Away from Home
3-4	Modeling Patterns and Cycles in Our Lives	Designing a Scale Model of the Solar System	Voyage Through the Solar System
5-8	Our Solar Sytem	Voyage of Discovery	How Far is Far?
9-12	A Scale Model Solar System	The Voyage Scale Model Solar System

These lessons continue the exploration of the Solar System by taking a closer look into Solar System objects and phenomena.

The grade 5-8 component of Voyage Continues includes:

Grades 5-8	Lessons
	Going through a Phase	Round and Round We Go—Exploring Orbits in the Solar System	Where to Look for Life?
	Is There Anyone Out There?	Comets: Bringers of Life?	Impact Craters: A Look at the Past

Grades Pre-K - 5	Lessons
	Inquiry Icebreaker: An Ice Experience
	Lesson 1:Melting and Freezing	Lesson 2:Ice Has Structure	Lesson 3:Ice Is a Mineral
	Lesson 4:Ice Floats	Lesson 5:Ice Flows	Lesson 6:Snow is Ice
	Lesson 7:Layers of Ice	Lesson 8:Life in Icy Places	Lesson 9:Ice in Space
	Lesson 10:Comets	Lesson 11:Investigating Icy Worlds	Lesson 12:Ice in the Shadows