Synopsis
A special field trip on the magic school bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at major parts of the body and how they work.
In this story, Ms. Frizzle leads her class on a fantastic journey through the town waterworks.
Ms. Frizzle and her class travel--via their magical school bus--inside a beehive, where they observe honeybee behavior and learn how honey is made. Colorful cartoon-style illustrations accompany the text.
Ms. Frizzle thinks that the best way to teach her class about geology is to take them on a field trip--right through the earth, aboard the magic school bus.
On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms Frizzle's class learn at first hand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth.
The class is all set for a field trip to the planetarium, but when they arrive, they find it is closed. Any other teacher on any other bus would take the class back to school, but not Ms. Frizzle. Suddenly, the bus blasts off and the kids see the moon and solar system up close!
When Arnold swallows the magic school bus, the class is treated to a tour of his stomach, intestines, and bloodstream.
When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1989-05-01 | | Series: | The Magic School Bus Series | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 40 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 10.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 4.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
Ms. Frizzle and her pupils embark on a rock-collecting field-trip aboard the Magic School Bus that takes them to the very center of the earth as they search for sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks.
Industry Reviews
"Unusually successful combination of fact and fancy...full of clever, informative, and often hilarious visual details."
Dunn
"Surprising, inventive, accurate and very funny science writing..."
Dunn
"All, even those who freeze at the mere mention of 'science' will be eager to learn about the human body as it is presented here."
Dunn
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