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The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books
Books in series
#1
Truth About Bats
2000
These books combine fun stories with neat facts, humor, illustrations-and they all feature the fabulous Ms. Fizzle!
#2
The Search For The Missing Bones
2000
The Skeleton Scare takes readers through the Hugh Mann Costume Company, where they'll learn about a different bone in each room. As Ms. Frizzle and her class work their way through the factory, they keep seeing a strange skeleton. Yikes! Is it following them? Maybe, but it doesn't stop the kids from learning all about skeletons: why we need them, what different bones are for, what makes bones grow, how bones get fixed after they've been broken, and lots of other facts about our skeletons.
#3
Wild Whale Watch
2000
The Magic School Sub takes the kids deep into the ocean, where they learn all sorts of fascinating facts about whales.
#4
Space Explorers
2000
Carlos and his classmates join Ms. Frizzle on an expedition to outer space where they learn about the solar system.
#5
Twister Trouble
2001
The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class are getting ready for the Wild Weather Show. To help the kids with their projects, Ms. Frizzle takes them on a field trip to the Weatherama Amusement Park. Ms. Frizzle's class find out just how wild the weather can be when the Magic School Bus flies into a tornado. The kids learn about when and how tornadoes form, the areas in the U. S. with the worst tornadoes, and the kind of damage tornadoes leave behind. It looks like Ms. Frizzle's class is in for a whirlwind of excitment!
#6
The Giant Germ
2001
Learn all about germs when Ms. Frizzle's class takes another exciting field trip! Ms. Frizzle takes her class on amazing field trips in the Magic School Bus. They never know what will happen when they get on the bus, but they always learn something new about science!In THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS CHAPTER BOOK #6: THE GIANT GERM, a class picnic in the park becomes an exploration of the mini world of microbes. Even though microbes are tiny, they have huge effects on the world. Ms. Frizzle and her class get into trouble when they run into a giant germ!
#7
The Great Shark Escape
2000
A class trip to the aquarium winds up in the depths of the ocean as Ms. Frizzle's class must escape the jaws of a great white shark! During their adventure, Ms. Frizzle teaches the class about different shark species, including the goblin shark, angel shark, whale shark, and others.
#8
Penguin Puzzle
1995
Ms. Frizzle whisks her students away on a ³cool² trip to Antarctica, where they learn all about the South Pole and come face to face with playful penguins and colossal icebergs. But when the kids are magically changed into real penguins, they need Ms. Frizzle¹s help to solve their penguin puzzle.
#9
Dinosaur Detectives
2002
In Magic School Bus chapter book #9, Ms Frizzle and the gang find out they must become Dinosaur Detectives at the Museum of Natural History. Ms Frizzles and the gang just want to study dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History. But by mistake, they end up traveling through time to the actual Mesozoic era and come face to face with real meat-eaters! Yikes! They learn about the differences between all kinds of dinosaurs and the different eras these creatures roamed to earth. Don't miss their exciting chase with a T-Rex and their race to get back home! Read how the Magic School bus kids become real Dinosaur Detectives.
#10
Expedition Down Under
2002
Ms. Frizzle and the kids go all out in the outback. Catch up on all the amazing facts about the animals Down Under! Hi, I'm Dorothy Ann. Ms. Frizzle's class ended up on the other side of the world when we went searching for the cackling kookaburra. It was a wild walk-about to Australia. We had a hopping good time racing a herd of kangaroos and survived a run-in with the terrible Tasmanian devil. Things got pretty hairy in the outback, but there's never been a field trip quite like the Expedition Down Under.
Authors
Eva Moore
Author · 20 books
Anne Schreiber
Author · 13 books
Judith Bauer Stamper
Author · 25 books
Rebecca Carmi
Author · 2 books
Anne Capeci
Author · 14 books
Joanna Cole
Author · 99 books
Martin Schwabacher
Author · 3 books
Gail Herman
Author · 96 books
The Magic School Bus Science Chapter Books
Series ·
20
books · 1995-2004
By
Eva Moore
,
Anne Schreiber
,
Judith Bauer Stamper
, and more
#11
Insect Invaders
2001
What has six legs, two sets of wings, and a zany teacher at the wheel? The Magic School Bus as a tiger beetle! Join the Friz's class and learn amazing insect and spider facts. When Wanda brings her new ladybugs to school, she just wants Ms. Frizzle to give her some hints on caring for her insect pets. Instead, the whole class gets field trip. They find out pretty quickly that lots of insects eat other insects for lunch. And, there is a little issue of spiders, too. Yikes! It might be disgusting, but Wanda has to admit that the world of insect invaders is amazing. Book Details: Format: Paperback Publication Date: 8/1/2002 Pages: 96 Reading Level: Age 7 and Up
#12
Amazing Magnetism
2001
Get ready for some serious science fun when the Friz takes on the most attractive topic of Magnetism! Hi, I'm Carlos - one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. I know Ms. Frizzle thinks of some weird ways to teach about science, but challenging Mr. O'Neatly's class to a science contest was her craziest idea to date. Mr. O'Neatly's class always wins everything!The contest topic was magnetism, and we hadn't even started our unit yet. The Friz said she thought we'd have a natural attraction to the topic, but nothing could have prepared us for what happened next. Wait til' you hear about this!
#13
Polar Bear Patrol
2003
Get ready for some serious science fun when the Friz takes the kids on a chilling adventure through the North Pole! Hi, I'm Tim—one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When Ms. Frizzle announced that we'd be studying the North Pole, I never thought it would lead us to the top of the world. I also never thought I'd get to see seals, caribou, musk oxen, and polar bears in person, but that was just the beginning. Find out all the bone-chilling facts of our Arctic adventure!
#14
Electric Storm
2002
Get ready for some serious science fun when the Friz takes the kids on an electrifying adventure into an electric storm! Hi, I'm Keesha—one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When Ms. Frizzle announced that we'd be studying the weather, I thought it would be pretty boring. Boy, was I wrong! Ms. Frizzle promised to take us on a field trip that would give us a real jolt of excitement—little did we know what we had in mind. Before we knew it, we'd become a bolt of lightning and we were off on an electrifying adventure!
#15
Voyage to the Volcano
2003
Get ready for some serious science fun when the Friz takes the kids on an explosive journey into the heart of a volcano! Hi, I'm Dorothy Ann, one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When we started learning about volcanoes, I thought we'd just be studying them in books—but Ms. Frizzle had other ideas. She took us all the way to Hawaii, where we waded through lava and saw a real volcano blow its top. We had a great time—even though the trip was sometimes almost too hot to handle! One thing's for sure: This was one explosive adventure that none of us will ever forget!
#16
Butterfly Battle
2003
Get carried away with the Friz and her class as they take a whirlwind journey into the world of butterflies! Hi, I'm Phoebe, one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. When we started our unit on butterflies, I figured I would get to see a live butterfly - but I never thought I would get to be one. But when Ms. Frizzle took us on our butterfly field trip, she accidentally turned us all into butterflies! But being a butterfly wasn't all fun and games. We had to battle all kinds of things: wind, birds, even people! We knew we had to win this Butterfly Battle—before things got carried away!
#17
Food Chain Frenzy
2003
Arnold, Ms. Frizzle, and the whole Magic School Bus crew find themselves in a Food Chain Frenzy as they digest lots of fab facts on ecosystems and eating habits. Ms. Frizzle is the weirdest teacher around, and Arnold is her most reluctant student. A field trip on the Magic School Bus can be torture for Arnold, and there is just one thing that can make it his cousin Janet. With his know-it-all relative's visit combined with an all-wheel learning adventure, it is sure to be a school day Arnold won't soon forget. The Friz is always hungry for adventure, and that's just what the class gets. With so much to learn about ecosystems, even Arnold finds himself eating up all the food-chain facts.
#18
Fishy Field Trip
2004
Take a dive with Ms. Frizzle! The class climbs on the Magic School Bus to learn all about the Great Barrier Reef and the amazing creatures that claim it as their home. It'll be a splash!When the class project on coral reefs accidentally falls into the aquarium, everyone is upset. They had all worked hard to create Ms. Frizzle's Big Book on the Great Barrier Reef. Now their reports are soggy and smeared. Tim is especially disappointed - some of his best artwork was in that book. But never fear, Ms. Frizzle always has a solution, and it's called a field trip. When the class climbs on board the Magic School Bus, they are headed down under. And they'll dive deep into the wild wonder of coral reefs.
#19
Color Day Relay
2004
It's Color Day in the Friz's class. Ralphie and the rest of the Magic School Bus gang are in for an enlightening experience as they compete in a brilliant relay to learn about light and color. When Ms. Frizzle announces that the class will be taking part in a Color Day relay, Ralphie is disappointed. He knows that a relay is all about speed, and he is always late for everything. His partners, Arnold and D.A., are smart, but they take their time to figure things out. Still, Ralphie soon realizes that his team can compete with the best and the brightest. Everyone has a chance to shine when the Friz is teaching about light and color. Get ready for a brilliant adventure with the Friz's colorful class.
#20
Rocky Road Trip
2003
The Friz's class is tracking a mineral mystery—this trip's a gem! When Carlos brings a mystery rock to school, he hopes Ms. Frizzle will tell him what kind of rock it is. But the Friz doesn't like to tell when she can show....That's how the class ends up on a wild rock hunt in the Wild West, trying to solve a mineral mystery! They take a stagecoach ride, pan for precious gems, and even explore an old mine. Sure, the going gets a little rough at times—but this road trip rocks!
