The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks

by Joanna Cole

Other authorsBruce Degen (Illustrator)

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

CHEM

Series

The Magic School Bus (Classics 1)

Genres

Children's Books

All Topics

Nonfiction

Publication

Scholastic Press (2004), Edition: Reprint, 40 pages

Description

When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside.

User reviews

LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

The first of Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen's wildly popular Magic School Bus series, which follows Miss Frizzle's class as they take fantastic field trips in the course of investigating various scientific topics, The Magic School Bus At the Waterworks sees teacher and students ascending into the

clouds, shrinking down to the size of rain-drops, and experiencing the water-cycle up close and personal. From falling as rain and racing along in a stream, to traveling through a water treatments plant and then into their city's water supply, Miss Frizzle's students learn first hand how water moves through various stages and cycles.

Although I have long been familiar with this picture-book series, which launched in 1985, I had never actually picked one of them up. I'm glad that I finally have, as I now understand what all the fuss is about! Informative and educational, while also entertaining and imaginative, the narrative here combines scientific fact with fantastic adventure, while the cartoon-like illustrations add to the fun. The children's dubious initial response to their teacher, and their various conversational asides, are quite amusing, while the topic at hand - how cities and towns get their water - is one that younger readers may not have considered. Highly recommended to all young scientists, as well as to those who think that science is dull - this book might change their minds!

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LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary

This book reads like it might be the first magic school bus book (it's got a very long introduction to Mrs. Sparks, etc. and the kids have obviously never been on a trip with her before). The typical magic school bus stuff happens- the kids are shrunk and end up going through the water system and

waterworks.

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LibraryThing member meastwold

This is a wonderful informational text that allows students to learn about water and the environment. It has a great storyline and characters that relate to different students.

LibraryThing member srgrammer

This is a great book. It goes along with the TV series. My daughter loves to watch the show. This is a field trip adventure and a great book for k-5.

LibraryThing member vnwender

This book went along great with what the students in my class were learning. They have been studying the water system for the past couple of weeks and this gave them a different way of learning it. The book is about the class getting the strangest teacher and how the other classes get to go on fun

field trips like the zoo, but they have to go to water works. They flow through the water cycle in the book and end up coming out of a faucet at their school. The students soon decided that the water works was not such a bad field trip after all.

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LibraryThing member bsalomon

A teacher takes her students on an exciting field trip to learn about the water cycle. The children become part of the water cycle to gain a better understanding. The children learn different interesting facts about water, and are able to draw the water cycle. The children think there teacher is

weird, but they enjoy the field trip.

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LibraryThing member elainevbernal

What is unique about this book is that it seamlessly combines fantasy, imagination, and scientific facts. Not only does the reader learn about water, but is taken on a journey from the source of the water to its final destination at the sink. The illustrations are clear, detailed, vivid, and fun to

see.

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LibraryThing member ARICANA

When Ms. Frizzle, the strangest teacher in school, takes her class on a field trip to the waterworks, everyone ends up experiencing the water purification system from the inside.

LibraryThing member bwilhelm09

Genre: Science Fiction. This book is science fiction because the events that took place in the story are imaginary, even though the book is full of scientific information and facts. Throughout the field trip, the class goes through the water cycle and even through the water reservoir and the path

water must take to get to the city. We learn a lot about water from the side notes and pictures on each page.

Setting: The setting takes place in water, which is very important to the story, considering this is what the book is trying to teach readers. We learn about water and the places it travels or the cycles it undergoes because the class literally follows the water wherever it goes. This setting helps readers better understand water.

Media: colored pencil

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LibraryThing member TirzahB

Summary: whats seemed to be an ordinary day in class turns out to be the ad venture of a life time for mrs frizzles class.Mrs frizzle takes the class on a field trip on her magic school bus. her magic school buss turns in to everything the children need to be safe like a boat an under water

submarine and even a hot air balloon threw out the story the children learn about the water works and take notes on what they learned, and they all get to experiencing the water purification system from the inside.

Personal reaction:
I loved this book I use to read the magic school bus as a child and I would always learn so much and be amazed.

Classroom extension:
1. I can teach the students about evaporation threw this book i can have them sit out a glass of water and we can watch it every day as the water evaporates

2. as the water evaporates the children can use math to measure how much water has evaporated since its starting point.

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LibraryThing member gjchauvin504

You cannot go wrong with Ms. Frizzle and her magic school bus. These books are so enjoyable, children and parents alike delight in them. I don't know why it took me so long to discover this series, but I'm glad it happened! I cannot say enough great things about it! Do yourself a favor and read a

few of these stories; you will not regret it.

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LibraryThing member KiTiraShorter

I enjoyed “The Magic School Bus At The Waterworks” a lot. This is due to the illustrations and the information that is laid out in the plot. Throughout this book the many illustrations enhance the story. Every picture that is in the story is related to the text. For instance when the students

are traveling through the water system and trying to clean out the system they are depicted in the pluming system trying to be filtered. Also in the end of the book when the students show there water chart. It is an excellent depiction of the journey that they had gone through. With this illustration it also helps to see the water system in one fluid motion. Also the illustrations of the facts on notepaper are clever. For it allows the reader to be actively engaged in the same learning experience as the students in the book. On the other hand the plot of this text starts off with the children not wanting to go on a trip with Ms. Frizzle. Then they have to research the water system for the trip. Then finally they go and experience the trip then have to do a work up on the trip. With this lay out of the plot it shows hard work and how it is incorporated in the school system and how important it is. The main message of this story is to learn about the water system and how it works through a neighborhood.

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LibraryThing member ecollado

The story of a class of students who learn the water cycle, starting with evaporation and ending with the water coming out of the faucet with their strange teacher Mrs. Frizzlle and the magic school bus. The students do more than learn the water cycle they actually go through it and once they

return to their school the teacher never lets on as whether it was real or not. Illustrations are appropriate for students that this book is aimed at and there are also water facts shown on pictures of yellow paper in some of the pictures.

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LibraryThing member mfurth1

I have always liked The Magic School Bus books and the show. My favorite part is how the children are sucked into Mrs. Frizzles adventures. She doesn't do lessons in a normal way, she makes it fun, educational, and whacky. The plot of this book is especially whacky as it is the kids first trip with

the Friz. I loved how in depth this book got with how the waterworks plant worked. It shows excellent illustrations of the water cycle and how a waterworks station works. I loved the illustrations. The best part for me though was how the water cycle was summarized through the classes work at the end of the book. The main theme of this book is education, specifically how the water cycle works.

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LibraryThing member mackenzie1992

This Magic School Bus story is about the water cycle. This book takes us through the cycle, but in a fun way for students to learn.

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