When Nergal's first-grade class concentrates on health and fitness during Martian Health Week, he is very nervous about doing poorly in the upcoming space race.
As the school year begins on Mars, Horus the Martian gets off to a rocky start, but soon discovers that first grade is not really as bad as he thought.
Pelly feels miserable because she looks different from her Martian classmates, but a glamorous opera signer who visits her class shows Pelly that her differences make her special.