The Magic School Bus Rides Again

Series

The Magic School Bus Rides Again

30 episodes

The sequel series, with Ms. Frizzle's sister taking over the class and the bus still shrinking, flying, and traveling on demand. Standard episodes run 24 minutes; a few specials stretch to 44. The 30 here spread wide: the nervous system and DNA, ocean zones and camouflage, renewable energy and time zones, coding a stubborn basketball robot, engineering a shelter against a windstorm. "Ready, Set, Fail!" is the one to keep in your back pocket. It is a build that keeps going wrong until the class works out that failing and retrying is the design process, not a detour from it.

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What The Magic School Bus Rides Again covers

30 episodes in the library, tagged for K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Science, Technology and Health. Between them they line up with 22 distinct standards across 4 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K
2
1st
2
2nd
29
3rd
30
4th
28
5th
28
6th
1

Episodes per subject

Science
30
Technology
3
Health
2
Math
1
Social Studies
1

NGSS (Science) 16

  • 4-LS1-1Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
  • 5-ESS2-1Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
  • 5-LS2-1Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
  • MS-ESS1-1Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
  • 5-ESS1-2Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
  • MS-LS1-3Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
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  • 1-ESS1-1Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
  • 3-ESS2-1Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
  • 3-LS3-1Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
  • 3-LS4-1Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
  • 3-PS2-2Make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
  • 3-PS2-3Ask questions to determine cause-and-effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
  • 4-PS3-2Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
  • 5-PS1-3Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
  • K-LS1-1Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
  • MS-ESS2-4Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Common Core — Math 1

  • 4.MD.A.2Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money.

National Health Education 2

  • NHES.1Standard 1: Students comprehend functional health knowledge to enhance health.
  • NHES.1.5.4Compare and contrast safe and unsafe situations, people, and events.

ISTE (Technology) 3

  • ISTE.1.1.dTechnology fundamentals: understand how the technology you use works, and try out new tools confidently.
  • ISTE.1.5.aProblem definitions: state a problem in a way that data analysis or an algorithm could help solve.
  • ISTE.1.5.dAlgorithmic thinking: put steps in order to solve a problem, and recognize what can be automated.

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