The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

I would be happy for Ms. Frizzle to teach my boy and take him to the centre of the earth, and in general the panenthusiasm this series (this one is about rocks) brings can only be a good thing, I imagine, even if the necessary reserve of skepticism or sarcasm--the frazzle to the teacher's frizzle--left to the children is so often expressed in the form of lazy TV-style one-liners (it's also a TB show, I know).

The illustrations almost have a 'Where's Waldo' quality in all the details in the pictures and the time that one can spend poring over them, which was one of the nice things about the Magic School Bus.

Looking back at these books as an adult, I think they're still fantastic and almost timeless, but I would have loved to know where the hell the Magic School Bus came from and if Ms. Frizzle was some kind of witch or space-traveling alien or something like that.

The message of the Magic School Bus Inside the Earth is to educate students about rock types and inform them about how the rocks were formed. I enjoyed this book from the magic school bus collection. I enjoyed the book because of its use of extra textual features along with the use of a narrative type of story telling in which the information is presented. The extra textual features include diagrams of the earths crust, speech bubble to provide commentary by Ms.Frizzle and her students, and excerpts from class essays that supplement the information given in the main text. the speech bubbles are use to give information, but are also provided as a source of comedic relief to break up the information being provided. One example of this is show more when the class is getting on to the bus one character asked the other "what is your favorite type of rock" and the other character replies "rock and roll." this joke can engage the reader in the book while still supplying information. the use of models helps deliver the information in a different way than just being presented as text making the text more accessible to visual learners. The essay excerpts provide definitions for difficult words that are found through out the main text, and the excerpts also provide for further enrichment by providing more specific details about subjects presented in the text allowing for students to learn more about the topic if they are interested in the subject presented. The books narrative style is also very beneficial because it allows readers to engage with the informational text in a way that is exciting. The reader is engaged because they want to know what will happen to the students an example is when the class is trapped inside the earths core. This provides an opportunity for the text to present information about the core because the reader is already interested in the core as a result of the story leading the class to the core. show less

Love the magic school bus series as a solid way to teach students about science in a fun way. When the class forgets to do its homework, a fieldtrip through the Earth's crust, into the center of the Earth, and out through a volcano will teach them not to forget their assignments again. Informational book about volcanoes and the earth.

This book is packed with information about the Earth. Plus, there is enough humor mixed in that my kids were interested throughout the entire story. There is enough science in this book that kids can learn something new each time they pick it up. This is not your average "one and done" book. Children of all ages will go back to it again and again. I know my kids will!

You can't go wrong with a Magic School Bus book! This book was a fun read and I enjoyed the story of how the students discovered the layers of our earth, and the many different types of rocks and sediments. This book is also jam-packed with information about how soil is made, how the different layers of rock got there, fossils, how different kinds of rock is created, what is inside the Earth, and Volcanoes. I especially think that kids would like this book because it reads kind of like a graphic novel or comic, which is totally "in" right now. I also liked that the characters collection of rocks is shown in the back of the book with descriptions of the different kinds of rocks they are.

I love the magic school school bus series! The extra textual features in this book are super cool. These books not only tell stories, but they are informational texts full of useful information. There are illustrations of hand written notes by students loaded with fun facts and scientific information. I like these books because they make dull topics interesting for kids, when the learning experience is enjoyable its most effective.