Joanna Cole

Ms. Frizzle and her class explore the senses by traveling on the magic school bus in and out of an eye, ear, mouth, nose, and other parts of both human and animal bodies.

Ms. Frizzle takes her kids on a whirlwind tour, from the Arctic to the equator so they can see telltale signs of climate change.

When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic School Bus and the class zooms back to prehistoric times. First stop: 3.5 billion years ago!There aren't any people around to ask for directions. Luckily Ms. Frizzle has a plan, and the class is right there to watch simple cells become sponges and then fish and dinosaurs, then mammals and early primates and, eventually, modern humans. It's the longest class...

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a science expedition to the moon.

Ms. Frizzle and her tour group are transported to ancient Egypt, where they learn about the pyramids, mummification, flooding of the Nile, and other aspects of life in Egypt long ago.

When Ms. Frizzle and her student Arnold follow an underground passage beneath Craig's Castle Shop and find themselves in the middle of a siege of a 12th century English castle, they learn a great deal about both castles and the Middle Ages.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip through the town's electrical wires so they can learn how electricity is generated and how it is used.

On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class visits a weather station and learns how hurricanes form. A storm system is brewing over a tropical ocean and Ms. Frizzle's class experiences a hurricane first-hand from air, sea, and land. Readers learn how changes in the air make different kinds of weather. Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning will take new meaning when you're inside a hurricane! The magic school bus changes into...

With the help of understanding parents, a young boy learns how to use his potty so he does not have to wear diapers any longer.

A simple discussion of the kinds of sharks and their behaviour.