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The Magic School Bus: Everything You Need

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The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

What artifact did Arnold find in the trunk of his great-aunt Arizona Joan? The Magic School Bus kids test their guesses. Your kids explore how artifacts tell a story.

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Articles, Book Resources

Facts and Fun About Insects with Magic School Bus's Ms. Frizzle

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Learn about those creepy crawlers from Ms. Frizzle, who answers student questions about bugs and insects.

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Magic School Bus Books

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Discover these books in the Teacher Store!

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Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Online Learning Activities

Going Bug-gy! Facts and Fun About Insects and Bugs

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

A collection of fun online activities and resources to introduce your students to the world of insects and bugs.

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Book Resources

The Magic School Bus

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Science experiments, games, and activities from the Magic School Bus and Ms. Frizzle.

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Articles

April 2000 Interview with Ms. Frizzle

Grades: 3–5

Ms. Frizzle was interviewed by Scholastic students in April 2000.What makes a bug a bug, an insect an insect, and a spider a spider?

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Author's Notes, Authors and Illustrators

Ms. Frizzle's Adventures in Ancient Egypt Author's Note

Grades: 3–5, 6–8

The author and illustrator talk about what the need in order to write the book.

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Articles, Lesson Plans, Indoor Activities

The Magic School Bus Goes on Air

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Ms. Frizzle's kids trap air in containers and discover that air is pushy stuff. Your kids explore how air pressure can hold up heavy objects.

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

What's the best way to get to know ants better? The Magic School Bus kids watch ants and figure out what they're doing. Your kids can observe...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus In the Arctic

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

The Magic School Bus kids are freezing! When they discover that heat flows from hotter to colder things, they find ways to block heat from...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus in a Beehive

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

How do the Magic School Bus kids communicate where nectar flowers are? By dancing like bees! Challenge your kids to dance the Honey-Bee-Bop to...

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Articles

The Magic School Bus Teaching Resources

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Scholastic and The Magic School Bus have put together some exciting ideas to supplement your current curriculum. These lessons and activities build...

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Activities and Games

Butterfly and the Bog Beast

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

To protect themselves, butterflies can blend in with their surroundings or pretend to be something they're not. Your kids make a butterfly with...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Baked in a Cake

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Is it baking — or is it chemistry? Ms. Frizzle's class learns that baking is like doing a chemistry experiment. Your kids can make chemistry...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Goes Cellular

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Arnold's classmates discover that his body cells are alive. Your kids investigate whether yeast cells are alive.

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow

Grades: 3–5

While playing light-beam pinball, the Magic School Bus kids discover that green light bounces off a green shamrock and into their eyes, so they...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

One tiny mistake in Mikey's computer program has the school's system in an uproar. Your kids learn that computer tasks must be broken into...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus In the City

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Ms. Frizzle's kids discover that they share their city with wild critters. Your kids take a wildlife field trip of your neighborhood to discover...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Busasaurus

Grades: 3–5

With these fun fossil crafts, you'll take your students back in time to the age of dinosaurs!

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5

Wanda thinks she can reach the treasure alone, but she soon learns that survival on the coral reef often depends on cooperation. Here, your...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Dries Up

Grades: 3–5

For once, Arnold is prepared for a field trip! He's wearing desert survival gear. But the class discovers that desert animals have built-in ways...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten

Grades: 3–5

The Magic School Bus kids really get into the food chain: They're swallowed by a tuna fish. With this activity, your kids get to eat while they...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Gets Charged

Grades: 3–5

The Magic School Bus kids charge through an electrical circuit to discover how it works. Your kids make a simple circuit and switch. They learn...

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