MESSENGER Education Modules:
The Scientific Process in Action
Each Unit in this Theme can be told as a story in three chapters. Each chapter asks a question which is addressed in the corresponding lesson. Click on the lessons below to find an overview and downloadable version of the lesson.
Staying Cool
Introduction to the Staying Cool Education Module
| How can we study Mercury? | Are there any problems we might face? | Are there ways to solve these problems? | Design Challenges | |
| Grades | Lessons | |||
| Pre-K-4 | Sensing Energy | Cooler in the Shadows | Design Challenge: What will keep my lunchbox cool? | |
| Design Challenge: Keep it Cool! How do you keep thing from getting too hot? | ||||
| 5-8 | Herschel Experiment | Snow Goggles | My Angle on Cooling. Effects of Distance and Inclination | Design Challenge: How to keep gelatin from melting |
| 9-12 | Star Power! Discovering the Power of Sunlight | Dangers of Radiation Exposure | Cooling with Sunshades | Design Challenge: How to keep items cool in boiling water |
Spacecraft Design
| How do you design/build a spacecraft to go to another planet? | How do you get there? | What do you do when you get there? | |
| Grades | Lessons | ||
| Pre-K-4 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 5-8 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9-12 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
