Ancient Egypt (Ms. Frizzle's Adventures)

This is a great informational book. It is the story of the Magic School Bus's beloved teacher, Ms. Frizzle. She takes a vacation to Egypt and while there she puts her teaching skills to good work. The group transports back in time to ancient Egypt and through reading the book I learned about the culture of ancient Egypt. It was very interesting. The book illustrated the way Egyptians dressed, the houses in which they lived and even showed how they created a mummy. The end of the book also explains how it is impossible to time travel and discusses fantasy and reality. I thought that was a good thing to add to avoid confusion for readers.

I loved this book. I could not believe all the things I learned about Egypt through a fun children's show more book! I would much rather learn the material that way than through a textbook! It is a great teaching utensil. The character of Ms. Frizzle is fun and upbeat. The book itself is beautifully illustrated and keeps your attention.

I would use this book definitely for a unit on Egypt! I would also like to extend the book by creating things that would be made in Egypt and of course taking the opportunity to intergrate more Magic school bus books within my classroom. I am convinced I am going to get a costume to dress like Ms. Frizzle! show less

A different take on the Magic School Bus series this is the story of Ms. Frizzle taking a vacation to Ancient Egypt. This book is great because it takes recognizable characters from the animated series which helps children make connections in the story. I really enjoyed how much the book had to offer but the layout of the information was difficult to read to the group and would pack too much in a page. I found myself not reading everything on the page in order to focus on the main story line more as my group was easily distracted. Using this strategy would allow a teacher to present the same book across multiple grades.

Cute book with a lot of interesting lessons about Ancient Egypt. Like all Magic School Bus books, I find the comic book style and all the insets and sidenotes a little distracting from the overall story, BUT my 7-year-old really liked them, particularly all the insets about Egyptian gods and goddesses. Overall, a nice, pun-filled and interesting overview of some highlights of ancient Egyptian history. :)

Entertaining childrens book for young readers illustrated similiar to a comic book. Written like a class trip, it will keep a child entertained with an adventure-like tale of parachuting out of an airplane and travelling back in time to Ancient Egypt. Facts are placed in smaller captions at the bottom of the pages to initiate discussion.

Summary of Book: Ms. Frizzle and a group of people decide to go on a trip to Egypt with a tour guide. Instead of going to modern Egypt with the tour guide, Ms. Frizzle and the group end up in Ancient Egypt because of her special time travelling device. When the group gets there, they learn about everything from papyrus being used as paper to how Egyptians built pyramids and used mummification. They return to present time in the end where their tour guide thinks they've missed everything and the group laughs it off humorously by telling him they didn't miss anything!

Personal Reaction to the Book: I find ancient cultures and civilizations fascinating so it was a very interesting book to me. Even though the "timeline" itself in the book show more wasn't a hundred percent accurate for what we know about ancient Egypt, it does give children an overview of it.

Extension Ideas:
1. Have children learn more about the process of ancient Egyptian mummification and then have them do a kid friendly version of it and write about it. Then bring supplies to class (like dressings to wrap something in for example) to let students practice doing it on their own.
2. Try to schedule a field trip to Egypt to visit many historical sites, such as the pyramids so that they may learn and experience it in person. If that is not an option (like for many of us), use technology to create a virtual field trip with the children inside the classroom. show less

Ms. Frizzle's adventure this time takes us back to ancient Egypt to learn about its culture and history. Ms. Frizzle and the other people from the plane go around visiting different sites and learning about how ancient Egypt ran.

I liked how informative this book was, but at the same time it can be a little too informative at once. Each page is filled with so much information that it is very easy to get overwhelmed.

This book would be great to use in a lesson over ancient Egypt. I might have the students make their own pyramids out of Legos as well.

In this interesting and funny story, Mrs. Frizzle and the tour group she's with "accidently" get taken back in time without their tour guide. They then experience an ancient Egyptian market, farming, pyramid buiding, partying, and even help make a mummy. The ancient Egyptians are "thrilled" (confused) to have their help. Of course they make it back to the present day.