Files from the Nest

by Joanna Cole

Published 1 May 2005

Keesha's ant disappears, and the kids have no choice but to follow, all the way into an anthill. Come along on a zany field trip and learn how ants work together.


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.


A special field trip on the magic school bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at major parts of the body and how they work.



On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there.

Inside a Beehive

by Joanna Cole

Published 1 January 1998

The magic school bus changes into a hot-air balloon and then an airplane as Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip into the eye of a hurricane for a lesson in meteorology.



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.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a fieldtrip to a beehive in her magic school bus.

Ms. Frizzle and her class shrink in size so they are able to fly in a radio-controlled airplane while they study the principles of flight.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class back through time to the Triassic period on a dinosaur dig in search of Maiasaura eggs.

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Rock collecting has never been quite like this! 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 - and then some!


In order to find Liz, their missing lizard, the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class become reptiles themselves and discover what it's like to be cold-blooded.