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.
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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 But 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 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 Taking FlightGrades: 3–5 Ms. Frizzle's class does some flying and gliding during their adventure. Magic School Bus activity, your child will see how gliders coast. She'll... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus In a PickleGrades: 3–5 Microbes turned Arnold’s tomato into a goopy, ploopy mess. Here, your students can discover what microbes need to grow -- and how cold affects... |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Gains WeightGrades: 3–5 Phoebe and her classmates find out that gravity pulls everything down. Your kids test whether gravity makes heavier things fall faster than... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Meets Molly CuleGrades: 3–5 Ralphie discovers that soap and water slip grease and grime away because of the special characteristics of soap molecules. Your kids investigate... |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Makes a StinkGrades: 3–5 Ms. Frizzle's class explores Janet's nose to learn how we smell. Your kids investigate how well their own odor detectors can identify smells. They... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Holiday SpecialGrades: 3–5 Wanda's favorite doll is chopped into plastic pellets! She's crushed until she discovers the pellets can be recycled to make a new doll. Your kids... |
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Activities and Games The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot SquadGrades: 3–5 Ms. Frizzle's class finds out how rot makes rich soil for new growth. Your kids discover the connection between rot and leaves mixed in damp soil... |
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? |
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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. |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The BusasaurusGrades: 3–5 Whoops! Arnold accidentally carries a fossil with him back in time, where it turns back into what it was originally - a dinosaur egg. Here, your... |
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Author Interviews Joanna Cole Interview TranscriptGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 The author Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen, creators of the popular series, The Magic School Bus, were interviewed by Scholastic students... |
Author Interviews Bruce Degen Interview TranscriptGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Author Joanna Cole and illustrator Bruce Degen, creators of the Magic School Bus series, were interviewed by Scholastic students. |
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