Teaching Themes
The Magic School Bus: Everything You Need
You may use these resources to build on students' interest in The Magic School Bus and provide opportunities for hands-on learning.
Lesson Plans
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.
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.
 Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Online Learning Activities Going Bug-gy! Facts and Fun About Insects and BugsGrades: 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. |
 Book Resources The Magic School BusGrades: 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. FrizzleGrades: 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? |
Author's Notes, Authors and Illustrators Ms. Frizzle's Adventures in Ancient Egypt Author's NoteGrades: 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 AirGrades: 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. |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its PantsGrades: 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 ArcticGrades: 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... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus in a BeehiveGrades: 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... |
 Articles The Magic School Bus Teaching ResourcesGrades: 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... |
Activities and Games Butterfly and the Bog BeastGrades: 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 CakeGrades: 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... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Goes CellularGrades: 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 RainbowGrades: 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... |
 Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Gets ProgrammedGrades: 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 CityGrades: 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... |
 Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School BusasaurusGrades: 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 DiveGrades: 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... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Dries UpGrades: 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 EatenGrades: 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... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Gets ChargedGrades: 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... |
