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Available
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Collection
Publication
Scholastic Paperbacks (1999), Edition: Reprint, 48 pages
Description
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.
User reviews
LibraryThing member NET73546
This book is about Ms. Frizzle’s class going on a field trop to explore electricity. Ms. Frizzle’s class looks into electrons, atoms, and how electric currents are created. The class explores the town’s power plant then moves throughout the town’s power plant then through the town venturing
This book is extremely over whelming. You truly have to read the book once by actually reading then go back and read all the side notes and diagrams. I also had a hard time getting into the book. I have seen so many Magic School Bus videos that the book moves way to slow fore me. I fell that for children trying to understand all of this at once would be too much.
This book would be extremely helpful while teaching children about electricity. There is a lot of information within this book. You could even break this book down into the different objects it talks about such as a power plant, light bulb, and electric motor. Each of these could be a small lesson. There are also vivid illustrations to go along with the text which would be very helpful.
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through electrical lines, light bulbs, and even vacuum cleaners. The students arrive back in Mr. Frizzle’s classroom safe and sound. This book is extremely over whelming. You truly have to read the book once by actually reading then go back and read all the side notes and diagrams. I also had a hard time getting into the book. I have seen so many Magic School Bus videos that the book moves way to slow fore me. I fell that for children trying to understand all of this at once would be too much.
This book would be extremely helpful while teaching children about electricity. There is a lot of information within this book. You could even break this book down into the different objects it talks about such as a power plant, light bulb, and electric motor. Each of these could be a small lesson. There are also vivid illustrations to go along with the text which would be very helpful.
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LibraryThing member sskillman07
This book is an informational and fantasy. Through the book it explains electricity and how an electrical current travels to a home, however through the story the kids are traveling on a school bus which changes shape and size, clearly fantasy. The setting is background, does not matter where or
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when it is taking place. The media used is pen and ink, watercolor, and colored pencil. Show Less
LibraryThing member MkM
Genre: Science Fiction
Genre Critique: This book is a good example of science fiction; it has an emphasis on technology and scientific law and facts, but still is written in a story form for an easier read. The book has a believable feel to it in the sense of people exploring the way different
Review/Critique: I found this book really interesting, and one that could be used a lot to talk about electricity (benefits, negatives, safety, how it's used, etc.). I thought it was cool that in this book there was a little game in the back that a reader could answer different questions about what was true and false throughout their reading, and what could actually happen from what they had read.
Media: Pen and Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil, and Gouace for paintings.
Genre Critique: This book is a good example of science fiction; it has an emphasis on technology and scientific law and facts, but still is written in a story form for an easier read. The book has a believable feel to it in the sense of people exploring the way different
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electrical powers work (almost hands on), but this type of exploration hasn't happened yet, or isn't technologically ready (just at the believable stage).Review/Critique: I found this book really interesting, and one that could be used a lot to talk about electricity (benefits, negatives, safety, how it's used, etc.). I thought it was cool that in this book there was a little game in the back that a reader could answer different questions about what was true and false throughout their reading, and what could actually happen from what they had read.
Media: Pen and Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil, and Gouace for paintings.
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LibraryThing member aubreycs
This story takes the readers on a trip to learn about electric storms. I thought it was interesting that Ms. Frizzle's class become electrons and travel as part of a lightning bolt. The subject matter is interesting and readers learn a little bit more about the principles of electricity and safety
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in a thunderstorm. Show Less
LibraryThing member library1234
i like this book because you learn about electricity and things that use electricity in our daily lives.
LibraryThing member MaryKateCollins
Summery:
This is a great story about how the infamous Miss. Frizzel and how she shrinks the class and explores the world of electricity!
Personal Response:
I thoroughly enjoyed rereading this great story, and I hope to use it in my classroom as well!
Classroom Extension:
Pretend the class is tiny and
draw a picture of the magic school bus
This is a great story about how the infamous Miss. Frizzel and how she shrinks the class and explores the world of electricity!
Personal Response:
I thoroughly enjoyed rereading this great story, and I hope to use it in my classroom as well!
Classroom Extension:
Pretend the class is tiny and
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explore all the electricity options in the classroomdraw a picture of the magic school bus
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LibraryThing member mlavery
Just like the rest of the Magic School Bus series, Ms. Frizzle and her class are off on another adventure! This MSB book introduces the concept of electricity and electric currents. Students will be captivated by the mischief that Ms. Frizzle's class always manages to get into, all the while
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learning about science concepts. Author Joanna Cole consciously uses labels, diagrams and pictures, definitions, etc. to aid children when reading her books. Show Less
LibraryThing member nmhale
Ms. Frizzle drags her class on another wild and educational adventure, this time through wires and currents and power plants. Her students learn all about electricity. The school bus transforms itself into a dump truck, which clothes the students in heat-proof suits and dumps them in a furnace of a
The subject matter of this book in the series is more complex, but the author and illustrator do an admirable job of simplifying the subject as much as possible. As with other books in the series, extra information on the topic is collected in school papers (supposedly written by the students) and notes on the sides of the pages, and the illustrations are both comical and crammed with details that illuminate the subject. Be prepared to discuss the difference between the factual scientific information and the fantasy elements, but the fanciful framework is an inviting premise to capture a young reader's interest. Still, this particular Magic School Bus book is an advanced read because of the intricate subject matter, and will be better appreciated by older children, as opposed to the dinosaur book which has a broad appeal. If a parent or teacher is looking for a child-friendly way to teach about electricity, though, this book is suited to the purpose better than any other I know.
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power plant. They observe the fuel that creates steam, and follow the steam as it powers an enormous turbine and generator. They leave the power plant through a power line, and jump into various buildings to see how electricity powers machines like vacuum cleaners and lights. This book has a nice touch at the end: a board game that helps readers discern between the factual and fictional details in the book.The subject matter of this book in the series is more complex, but the author and illustrator do an admirable job of simplifying the subject as much as possible. As with other books in the series, extra information on the topic is collected in school papers (supposedly written by the students) and notes on the sides of the pages, and the illustrations are both comical and crammed with details that illuminate the subject. Be prepared to discuss the difference between the factual scientific information and the fantasy elements, but the fanciful framework is an inviting premise to capture a young reader's interest. Still, this particular Magic School Bus book is an advanced read because of the intricate subject matter, and will be better appreciated by older children, as opposed to the dinosaur book which has a broad appeal. If a parent or teacher is looking for a child-friendly way to teach about electricity, though, this book is suited to the purpose better than any other I know.
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LibraryThing member Arron_Chelmo
This book is about Ms. Frizzle's class who are at school one day and the power goes out due to a storm. The class then goes on the bus and takes an adventure learning about different ways power is made. This book is good in any elementary classroom to teach children what powers the things they use
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every day. The reading level for this book though is grades 2-4. Show Less
LibraryThing member kbuffum13
The genre of The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip is informational.
This books author explores the scientific concept of electricity and helps define terms within the text. Like the Ms. Frizzle and her class are off on another adventure but this time they are going to a power plant.
This books author explores the scientific concept of electricity and helps define terms within the text. Like the Ms. Frizzle and her class are off on another adventure but this time they are going to a power plant.
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This book allows the students to become apart of the process of how electricity is created. The book also takes a look at home appliances that the students would have apart of their everyday life. The book ends with a review of what they have done at the power plant. Show Less
LibraryThing member apoffenroth13
I forgot how much information is really packed into Magic School Bus books! The book takes readers on a journey through electricity starting with the talking about what uses electricity to work around us, and then broke it down in terms of atoms. A thunderstorm conveniently knocked out the
In a classroom, this book could be used for so many things! Not only is it fun to read, but it also holds so much information. It would be a great addition to a STEM lesson, and could be followed by students completing their own circuits!
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electricity in the classroom, so after Ms. Frizzle explained the electricity in lightning, they took a field trip to find the cause and ended up traveling through a power plant and electrical system. The book is full of illustrations and kid-friendly jokes and speech bubbles, yet the content is rich with vocabulary. I even learned some new things about electricity!In a classroom, this book could be used for so many things! Not only is it fun to read, but it also holds so much information. It would be a great addition to a STEM lesson, and could be followed by students completing their own circuits!
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LibraryThing member amassingale
Factual. (fiction but full of facts.) This is a fun book to use when paired with the TV show. Also good for students that can read on their own so that they can read all of the speech bubbles on their own time.
LibraryThing member sommerkirk
I love anything Magic School Bus related, and the electric field trip was truly electric. I found this book and got so excited because many of my students' homes lost power in the recent storm and we had a really interesting conversation about electricity. This book explains what I was trying to
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explain in a fun and creative way, and I would definitely read this to my class. Maybe not all at once but bit by bit! Show Less
Subjects
Awards
CCBC Choices (1997)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Language
Original language
Spanish
Original publication date
1997
Physical description
48 p.; 10 x 8.39 inches
ISBN
0590446835 / 9780590446839