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"The Magic School Bus" is the longest-running kids' science series in history. Shown in approximately 39 countries, it has even earned an Emmy Award. The 52 videos in this series strictly follow the formula of the books created by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. From dinosaurs to beehives, kids get an inside peek into the inner workings, history, and function of a wide range of topics.

Ms. Frizzle and Liz at the controls of a spaceship. Caption: And how are all my astronauts doing?

Cartoon of a character gesturing to a complex diagram of machinery. Caption: we believe in breaking things down.

Magic school bus floating in the air while talking to a child in bed. Caption: And to do that they will go straight to the troubled zone--

People inside the magic school bus with a giant fish opening its mouth to swallow them visible through the window outside. Caption: And what eats little fish, like anchovies?

Cartoon characters next to a pond with a frog on a lily pad. Caption: And lots of space to hop around in.

Cartoon of a person wearing a hard hat, kneeling in the dirt and holding some in their hands. Caption: Look! Beautiful rich soil!

Brown lizard with red spots wearing a collar, standing on a rock. Caption: (Ms. Frizzle) Why, that's a collared lizard!

Cartoon of people on the staircase at the entry of a poorly lit large house. Caption: Oh, Well, nobody home. Let's go.

Magic school bus enveloped in brown substance. Caption: (Phoebe) Hey, look! The batter's moving!

Cartoon of people on a baseball field. Caption: Friction-Free Baseball Classic.

Students on the magic school bus. Caption: Two things make me sneeze -- pollen and pepper.

Magic school bus in miniature size in a pack of ants on the ground. Caption: (Ralphie) Giant potato chip being foraged dead ahead!

Cartoon drawing of a flying superhero with a "W" on his chest. Caption: (Tim) "The adventures of Weatherman."

Magic school bus floating in lava. Caption: It's so hot, the Earth's crust is melting!

Cartoon of a person looking at a skeleton with the joints highlighted. Caption: It's not the bones themselves that let someone move.

Cartoon characters in prehistoric times standing among large dinosaurs. Caption: They're even good mothers.

Person talking on a cellphone and walking in a dark building with bats hanging from the ceiling. Caption: First of all, if vampires aren't real,

Cartoon character swinging a net while surrounded by butterflies. Caption: Oh! I can't see! Get your hands off! Aah!

Students from the magic school bus encased in raindrops. Caption: Water always falls out of the clouds, eventually.

Cartoon of children in a classroom. One of them holds up a jar with a pickle in it. Caption: Kids of the jury, this is a pickle.

Cartoon of a lizard at the pedals of a vehicle, reaching up to the ignition. Caption: Turn the key, Liz!

Students and teacher from the magic school bus in an open cockpit airplane. Caption: I've got that "air moving past our wings" feeling, guys.

Cartoon of people standing, one talking on a cell phone. Caption: I plugged it in, and it went kablooey!

Student from the magic school bus standing in front of a model of the Earth and moon with a miniature school bus traveling between them. Caption: We need to go this way!

Magic school bus in alligator form in the water with two live alligators. Caption: We're in hot water, you mean.

Students from the magic school bus stand on a dock while their teacher is in the water. Caption: Well, if you don't look, you'll never see,

Cartoon characters with faces and the bodies of bees. Caption: They thought we were bees from their hive

The magic school bus on arctic ice with walrus outside. Caption: Don’t mean to be rude, but you're too heavy!

Cartoon of people huddled under a picnic table while a giant praying mantis walks by. Caption: I think what we need is a professional bug trapper.

Students from the magic school bus shrunk to small size, climbing into an open cabinet. Caption: Look -- building materials!

Teacher from the magic school bus is wearing earrings that light up and lifting a student. Caption: Want to shed some light on your experience, Keesha?

Students and teacher from the magic school bus. One of the students is running by. Caption: You're just in time, Ms. Frizzle.

Cartoon of a girl repeated in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Caption: Go back through the prism? Sounds like a plan to me.

Cartoon of a person's face on a fish body. Caption: Eat and grow. Eat and grow.

Cartoon of a person looking at a diagram of the cardiovascular system of a human. Caption: Ah. Those are my lungs -- first stop on the air express.

Cartoon of a plant with a face in a yard. Caption: I am hungry but not for people food.

Students and their teacher from the magic school bus in standing in a jungle in front of a tree with white puffy blooms on the trunk. Caption: It's your cocoa tree, all right, Ms. Frizzle.

Teacher outside the magic school bus wearing a rock outfit. Caption: Leave no stone unturned.

Students and their teacher from the magic school bus standing in front of a landfill piled high with trash. Caption: (Wanda) How am I ever going to find my soldier in that mess?

Teacher and students from the magic school bus standing next to another character. Caption: Class, meet Molly.

Cartoon character reaching under a hen nesting on eggs and pulling out an egg. Caption: So all we need is one of these.

Students from the magic school bus underwater as mussels. Caption: (Ms. Frizzle) Now that you're mussels, act like mussels.

Cartoon of someone pointing to a space capsule that has safely landed. Caption: They made it!

People on the magic school bus wearing rain hats. Caption: Ahh. The sweet smell of swamp gas.

Magic school bus floating in a cavern lined with red, finger-like structures. Caption: (Wanda) And those things out there are the villi.

Ms. Frizzle in a space suit in front of a control panel on a spaceship. Her arms are raised. Caption: They're called supernovas.

Cartoon character one-handed lifting a bar with weights on it. Caption: Less pull means I can lift this weight with one hand.

Cartoon of a person pointing at glass containers with corks. Caption: Cinnamon, mint, skunk--

Magic school bus travelling through a tube with points of light. Caption: The inside of the wire is filled with electric charges,

Cartoon of Ms. Frizzle gesturing toward a computer monitor as 2 children stand on either side. Caption. Right now, this computer is just an idle machine.

Cartoon characters with faces and the bodies of pigeons sitting on the window ledge of a high-rise building. Caption: We'd better get back to the others.

Student from the magic school bus underwater in scuba gear. Caption: Now let's clean up this place.