This section is designed to help you use Scholastic's The Magic School Bus as a supplement to your curriculum. The activities provided build on children's interest in Scholastic's The Magic School Bus and offer lots of opportunities to engage them in hands-on learning. Each activity relates to one of Scholastic's The Magic School Bus television episodes; however, the episodes are not required to complete the activities in this section. Remember what Ms. Frizzle says, "Get out there and explore!"

Featured Activities:

Ants in Its Pants: Social Behavior
Baked in a Cake: Chemistry
Blows Its Top: Volcanoes
Butterfly and the Bog Beast: Butterflies
Cold Feet: Warm-/Cold-Blooded
Makes a Rainbow: Color
Dries Up: Desert Adaptation
Flexes Its Muscles: Body Mechanics
For Lunch: Digestion
Gains Weight: Gravity
Gets a Bright Idea: Light
Gets Charged: Electricity
Gets Eaten: Food Chain
Gets Planted: Photosynthesis

All Activities:
Animals
Physical Science
Motion & Forces
Space
Ecology/Environment
Life Science
Machines
Other
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