《Magic School Bus》是一个儿童读物系列，由作家Joanna Cole所写。由一名行为古怪的小学老师Ms. Frizzle，及其学生作为主要角色，她的课程是登上一架魔法校车到各种不可能实地考察的地方，如太阳系、云、过去。班上的宠物蜥蜴Liz会随着课堂一同实地考察。同名动画于1994年9月10日在PBS播出,共52集,每一集动画长约30分钟。适合5-10岁孩子

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绘本

1. 在水厂里（At the Waterworks）
2. 地球内部（Inside the Earth）
3. 在人体里（Inside the Human Body）
4. 迷失在太阳系（Lost in the Solar System）
5. 在海底上（On the Ocean Floor）
6. 在恐龙时代（In the Time of the Dinosaurs）
7. 飓风里（Inside a Hurricane）
8. 于蜂巢中（Inside a Beehive）
9. 与电场一同旅行（And the Electric Field Trip）
10. 感官探索（Explores the Senses）
11. 和科学博览会探险（And the Science Fair Expedition）
12. 与气候挑战（And the Climate Challenge）

章节书

1. 关于蝙蝠的真相（The Truth About Bats）
2. 寻找失踪的骨骼（The Search for the Missing Bones）
3. 观察野生的鲸鱼（The Wild Whale Watch）
4. 太空探险家（Space Explorers）
5. 龙卷风骚乱（Twister Trouble）ISBN 978-0439204194
6. 伟大微生物（The Giant Germ）
7. 逃离巨型鲨鱼（The Great Shark Escape）
8. 企鹅之谜（Penguin Puzzle）
9. 恐龙侦探（Dinosaur Detectives）
10. 远征澳洲（Expedition Down Under）
11. 昆虫侵略者（Insect Invaders）
12. 惊人的磁力（Amazing Magnetism）
13. 侦察北极熊（Polar Bear Patrol）
14. 雷暴（Electric Storm）
15. 火山游记（Voyage to the Volcano）
16. 蝴蝶奋斗（Butterfly Battle）
17. 疯狂食物链（Food Chain Frenzy）
18. 鱼的实地考察（The Fishy Field Trip）
19. 颜色的接力赛（Color Day Relay）
20. 岩石大道之行（Rocky Road Trip）

Scholastic Reader Level 2 

1. 神奇校车之体验心脏（The Magic School Bus Has A Heart）
2. 神奇校车之被蜘蛛网逮住（The Magic School Bus Gets Caught In a Web）
3. 神奇校车之学会循环再造（The Magic School Bus Gets Recycled）
4. 神奇校车与缺掉的牙齿（The Magic School Bus And the Missing Tooth）
5. 神奇校车之对抗病菌（The Magic School Bus Fights Germs）
6. 变成蟹（Gets Crabby）
7. 变成虫探索世界（The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Bugs）
8. 身处于暴风雨（The Magic School Bus Weathers the Storm）ISBN 978-0545086035
9. 最初的感恩节（The Magic School Bus At the First Thanksgiving）ISBN 978-0439899352
10. 北极探险（The Magic School Bus Arctic Adventure）
11. 于雪中迷失（The Magic School Bus Lost in Snow）
12. 与鲨冒险（The Magic School Bus and the Shark Adventure）
13. 建设自由神像（The Magic School Bus Builds the Statue of Liberty）
14. 在蝙蝠洞里（The Magic School Bus in a Bat Cave）
15. 来到它的感官（The Magic School Bus Comes to It’s Senses）
16. 乘坐叶子（The Magic School Bus and the Wild Leaf Ride）ISBN 978-0439569880
17. 与蝴蝶群（The Magic School Bus and the Butterfly Bunch）
18. 在太空中旅行（The Magic School Bus Rides Into Space）
19. 随风旅行（The Magic School Bus Rides the Wind）
20. 雨林中（The Magic School Bus in the Rain Forest）
21. 冬眠（The Magic School Bus Sleeps for the Winter）ISBN 978-0439569897
22. 探索动物世界（The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals）ISBN 978-0439226783
23. 救援：暴风雪（The Magic School Bus to the Rescue: Blizzard）ISBN 978-0439429399
24. 救援：森林大火（The Magic School Bus to the Rescue: Forest Fire）ISBN 978-0439429375
25. 救援：地震（The Magic School Bus to the Rescue: Earthquake）ISBN 978-0439429382
26. 救援：洪灾（The Magic School Bus to the Rescue: Flash Flood）
27. 在你的口里（The Magic School Bus Inside Your Mouth）
28. 探索海洋（The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean）ISBN 978-0785327462
29. 逃离恐龙（The Magic School Bus Flies with Dinosaurs）ISBN 978-0439801065
30. 进行月球漫步（The Magic School Bus Takes a Moonwalk）ISBN 978-0439684002
31. 走出鸟巢（The Magic School Bus Flies From the Nest）ISBN 978-0439569910
32. 冲上太空（The Magic School Bus Blasts Into Space）

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The Magic School Bus series, written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen’s, has been helping children learn about different spheres of education curriculum for years. This specific book, focusing on a science fair expedition, gives the students in wacky, Ms. Frizzle’s class different ideas for science fair project topics by studying the scientific method and famous scientists throughout the ages.

This colorful and wild story, about a teacher who takes her students on crazy adventures, describes science as asking questions and testing ideas, as explored by studying and “interacting” with different, famous scientists throughout history. The students meet and learn about, through easily understood language conversations, the specific achievements and contributions of such scientists as Galileo, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein, and how they came to make such discoveries using the scientific process. By using specific famous examples, and relating them to the scientific method and scientific process skills, the students in the class were able to learn about scientific concepts, questions, and discoveries. The students begin their journey in a science museum exploring different topics for a science fair project and continue by traveling through the ages, meeting different scientific characters and finding out how and why they made their discoveries. Each page of the story offers side-information that is helpful for the students. For example, when the students meet and talk with Galileo, side assignments are shown, describing how Galileo was able to make his discoveries in relation to the basic ideas about science and the scientific method:

‘How Scientists Work’ by Keesha.

They observe nature (Galileo looked at Jupiter).

They gather evidence (Galileo saw that Jupiter moved and it had moons).

They use logical thinking (Galileo connected the facts he had learned).

The pages of this book are colorful and filled with illustrations that help students understand basic science concepts. Aside from the main storyline of the book, conversations and interactions between characters are offered which help students understand facts and ideas in a more simple dialogue. The “Gallery of Scientists” provides the basic premise of the book; teaching students that science is all about asking questions and testing ideas.

 Curriculum Connections
This book is great for helping students understand the basic definitions of science and the scientific method, through the exploration of specific case studies and biographies of famous scientists. The students will learn to plan experiments, formulating hypothesis and drawing conclusions (SOL 3.1 (c)(j)), as well as making observations and predictions, based on cause-and-effect relationships (SOL 4.1 (a)(b))  This book is also an important resource for students to find ideas for science projects and research topics.

Additional Resources

• This quiz provides an interactive assessment to test children’s knowledge about the scientific method. The quiz compiles 10 different questions about the scientific method, with correct answers and detailed explanations given for each question.
• This lesson plan is directed for grades 5-8, yet can be modified to fit younger grade levels. The lesson plan aims to teach students about the scientific method and different processes in science. Students will use their imaginations and creativity to role play the different parts to many of science’s life processes, using the specific steps of the scientific method, and then watch as other students in the class “perform” their specific process.
• This activity/worksheet could be used as a single lesson, or as an ongoing research project/ book report for students learning about a specific scientist. The template provided helps children complete a “Bio of a Famous Scientist.” The students will choose a scientist and learn biographical information, such as why they were famous, how they made the world a better place, and a word to sum up the specific scientist.
• This game is an interactive matching game. Students will match each square term of the scientific method with it’s correct definition.

Book: The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition
Author: Joanna Cole
Illustrator: Bruce Degen
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 48
Grade Range: 2-4
ISBN: 0-590-10824-7